A foodie homage to Catalonia: a tour of its unsung delta

Exploring the food and drink of the Ebro delta, our writer follows sustainably caught tuna from sea to plate, visits a ‘wine cathedral’ and samples Spanish sake

Taste for champagne falls flat as half of Britons put £10 cap on fizz

Prosecco and cava popularity still bubbling up as austerity leaves buyers unwilling to splash out on luxury French product

The ridiculous rise of luxury advent calendars – from £500 beauty boxes to pork scratchings

In the countdown to Christmas, chocolates don’t cut it any more. This year has brought an avalanche of offerings – with cosmetics and drinks brands and shops such as Selfridges and Liberty pitching extravagant surprises at adult buyers

50 best summer wines for 2017

Drinks for a barbecue, a posh dinner – or just something to uncork on a lazy sunny afternoon? Here are the perfect choices for every budget

Cava producers take a pop at champagne with top-end classification

Spain hopes new category will put fizz back into the reputation of a sparkling wine often overshadowed by its French cousin

From amari mania to a vodka revival: what we’ll be drinking in 2017

If you want to keep up with the in-things in drinks this year, here are four trends that could take off in a big way