Wine, beer & cider
Wine, beer & cider
New, different, but not better: how beer is changing
Is innovation in beer happening too fast? Pete Brown catches up on the trends of the craft movement.
—29 April, 2021
Wine, beer & cider
Why Cava is the most undervalued sparkling
Cava - made using the traditional method - is a value alternative to champagne. If you know what to look for, there’s treasure to be found, says Joe Wadsack
—25 March, 2021
Wine, beer & cider
Why there's no shame in being a lager drinker
Lager is somehow seen as an inferior beer, but that’s far from true, says Pete Brown, who here explores the drink’s image problem.
—14 February, 2020
Wine, beer & cider
Why fortifieds are the spirits lover's wine
Go on, you deserve it – buy yourself a bottle of something special this winter. If you switch your attention from spirits to fortifieds, 30 or 40-year-olds don’t have to cost the earth, says Joe Wadsack
—11 January, 2021
Wine, beer & cider
On and off-trade? Increasingly it's just trade
The on and off-trades aren’t two neat halves of the drinks market anymore – the blur between them has never been clearer, says Pete Brown
—21 September, 2020
Wine, beer & cider
Lockdown legacy - has wine consumption changed?
Wine consumption was entirely at home for a chunk of 2020 – so how might lockdown trends have translated into the trade, asks Joe Wadsack
—14 September, 2020
Wine, beer & cider
Fine cider - the UK's answer to Champagne
The best ciders are a match for any top wine, says Pete Brown, and it’s about time they were given the credit they deserve.
—04 March, 2021