Drink Features

The wines of Alsace

Rating: 2

September 1st 2008

Few of us willingly choose wines from the Alsace region - perhaps confusing them with sweet German wines - yet they're well worth sampling, says Philippe Boucheron

A wine for all seasons in Braughing

Rating: 3

August 18th 2008

Internet marketing is proving a best seller for a Braughing-based husband and wife team. Richard Cawthorne reports

AlcoSense - monitoring drink-driving

Rating: 3

August 14th 2008

The founder of AlcoSense, which monitors morning-after drink-driving, took the top prize in the first Business Excellence Awards at Live 08 at Ascot. Hunter Abbott, managing director of Now Group UK, set up the Maidenhead-based...

Times not quite up

Rating: 3

August 14th 2008

Winnersh finance director Steve Dews has launched a scheme that he hopes will not only protect what he sees as the "cornerstone of Britain's social life" from disappearing, but will also provide a business opportunity...

Champagne harvest

Rating: 3

August 1st 2008

Good year for the grape brings a sparkle to family faces

Desert island picks

Rating: 3

July 31st 2008

Despite the dross and the politics, Bordeaux best is without peer says Francis Peel I am always being asked if I have a favourite wine, and I answer that I don't have one. But of course I am lying.

What is a Communion wine?

Rating: 2

July 31st 2008

Well, under Canon Law B17 of the Church of England it has to be 'the fermented juice of the grape, good and wholesome'.

War of the Ross

Rating: 3

July 31st 2008

Pink can mean cheap, nasty and sickly sweet. But cherry-pick the best and you'll be left with a very rosé glow says Francis Peel

Wine Selection

Rating: 2

July 31st 2008

Many of us will give up drink completely for a month, some perhaps longer. But can I put in a plea for taking a different path? Perhaps we can all just drink more wisely and benefit from it. Wine itself is an endlessly fascinating and complex subj...

Propose a toast

Rating: 3

July 2nd 2008

Jon Watt raises a glass to the Sommelier of the Year 2008, south Londoner Gearoid Devaney

Champagne never touch it (unless youre thirsty)

Rating: 3

June 30th 2008

The English summer may have all too short a lease, but with it comes that rather arcane period known as The Season: Ascot, Wimbledon, Henley, Cowes, Goodwood et al. And during The Season, we drink epic quantities of fizz, with Ascot alone seeing s...

The producers

Rating: 0

June 16th 2008

DOES the very thought of goats milk just put you off? Maybe you've tried it in the past and it smelt distinctly 'goaty', writes Stephanie Mackentyre...

Tastings galore at the Cowper Arms in Cole Green

Rating: 3

June 11th 2008

A BEER tasting evening on June 5 and a wine tasting on July 17 are among special events this summer at the Cowper Arms in Cole Green, Hertford

Wines sub-primeur crisis

Rating: 2

June 1st 2008

Our new wine writer is Francis Peel, owner and managing director of Whitebridge Wines, the Midlands' leading wine warehouse. Francis was educated at Oxford where he gained a degree in theology - the same path into the wine trade as Oz Clarke. He i...

The Essex tea shop trail

Rating: 0

May 9th 2008

If you are looking to discover our county's perfect cuppa, try our pick of some of the most tempting tea shop treats to be found across Essex. Enjoy...