For wine producers, small is beautiful – but big is useful

Size isn’t everything in a vineyard – but it matters

Cohiba 50 Aniversario humidor cabinet

This is the most exclusive Cohiba.  Cohiba’s 50th anniversary celebrated at the XVIII Habanos Festival. The XVIII Habanos Festival, the largest international event for lovers of the world’s finest tobacco, paid tribute to Cohiba cigars. The most distinguished and exclusive brand of Habanos is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Cuba was witness once again … Read more

Romancing the bottle

Wine-tasting sounds romantic but Jancis Robinson has seen it go wrong. She shares her tips to avoid disaster

Top tipple: rare whisky outperforms wine and gold as 2015 investment

Leading index for scotch whisky rose 14% last year, while wine fell 0.4%, gold was down 10% and FTSE 100 index lost 4.9%

Wine: why don’t labels list ingredients?

Food products have to provide a list – it’s about time wine producers followed suit

2015 was a historic year for Cognac shipments

Did you know that 2015 was a historic year for Cognac shipments? and that America consolidated its Number One ranking with imports of 68 million bottles last year? The Cognac Board (BNIC), the trade association representing growers, producers, and merchants from Cognac region of France, announced a record growth in 2015, with exports reaching a … Read more