With founders Hannah Sharman-Cox, Siobhan Payne and Dan Dove… Foodies have Michelin stars, and now, thanks to Hannah Sharman-Cox, Siobhan Payne and Dan Dove, the drinks world has an equivalent with the long-awaited launch of The Pinnacle Guide. But before we catch up with the terrific trio we have some business to tend to, in the form of our usual reviews. On the agenda, our pick of products… The first is Ramsbury Raspberry and Wildflower Honey Gin, a delicious, summery spirit highlighting ingredients sourced from the Ramsbury Estate. The second has very much been created with travellers in mi ..read more

If we know anything about Director of Bars at Caprice Holdings, Xavier Landais, and his thinking behind a new Sexy Fish menu, it’s that he and his team never do anything by halves. Last year they revealed it to great aplomb in six cities across six continents on one day for goodness sakes.  It was a feat even Landais concluded nearly broke him. “Logistics, time zones, the planning – it was insane. I was having meetings with Sydney at midnight and Seoul at 6am and doing everything else in between. The whole thing was off the charts but we did it and it was the proudest day of my career. Bu ..read more

I didn’t know Lexie (Lecsie) well. But that doesn’t matter. Having had the pleasure of spending four days with her in Havana with her for the first Havana Club Club Cocktail Maestros competition, I was drawn to her beautiful smile, gentle spirit and beautiful soul. Everyone was. You couldn’t help it. She had an inner beauty that shone through and touched everyone she came in contact with. During the time we spent together she was happy, positive and brimming with enthusiasm for the competition and her fellow competitors. She was excited and really looking forward to spending a few extra days i ..read more

& sampling a whisky, an armagnac, visiting Wacky Wombat and learning how to taste from a book… Every day’s a school day here at cocktail towers – and, as ever, we’ve enjoyed our lessons on the people, places and products featured in this episode. Listen to our new episode on your favourite podcast channel or direct right here… We’ve learned about The Heart Cut, the single cask, small batch spirits company founded by Georgie Bell and her partner Fabio; been tutored on armagnac courtesy of Marquis de Montesquieu armagnac and genned up on sharpening our tastebuds by studying Mandy Naglich’s ..read more

With special guest Holly Graham… We’re on an international journey in this episode. First, we head to warming climes for the new, limited-edition Equiano Ominira – a special blend of rums from the Caribbean and Africa. Then from one of Japan’s coldest regions, we’re tasting the delicious Toku Saké. As for our book, we’re opening up 101 Cocktails to try before you die from Belgium born, Madrid based, Francois Monti Listen to our new episode on your favourite podcast channel or direct right here… Back in London’s Soho we drop into the brand new incarnation of Three Sheets, from Max and Noe ..read more

There are certain people with real pull appeal. And in the drinks world, Iain McPherson (centre) is definitely one of them. Little wonder really. As an award-winning bartender, bar owner and all-round top bloke, he’s one of the most genial drinks boffins on the circuit. So the fact that he’s one of the bright lights behind the Edinburgh Bar Show, the first international *trade event of its kind in Scotland is big news. In fact, it’s just the attraction needed to lure in a whole lotta fab bars, top brands and cool bods in its inaugural year. Running over three days (Monday 8th to Wednesday 10th ..read more

Roll up, roll up, the World Class Cocktail Festival is in town and it’s happening in a bar near you. What is the World Class Cocktail Festival?  Well, friends, allow us to enlighten you… You don’t need to have your fingers on speed dial to secure tickets, neither do you have to pay extortionate prices to gain access, this festival is open to everyone over the legal drinking age and it’s an amazing opportunity to try a selection of new and imaginative cocktails from some of the best bartenders in Great Britain. It’s all part of the World Class Cocktail Competition, one of the longest runni ..read more

Welcome to The Women In Drinks Issue – celebrating some of the incredible people, products and places flying the flag for women+ power in the drinks world. We talk to Mallory O’Meara, award-winning author of Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol. Kate Malczewski hears from women+ calling the shots in their own bars, while Claire Dodd looks at the inspirational widows who revolutionised the world of Champagne. Elsewhere, we look back to some inspiring role models we featured in our first dedicated women’s issue in 2014 and find out what they’re doing 10 years later, we ask ten indu ..read more

Plus a whole heap of bar, book and product goodness… Our inaugural episode of the season is pretty damned special, it’s the first one where you can watch as well as llisten in to our featured interviewee. And it’s a good one, where award-winning film director Paul Feig tells us about making movies, how and why he created a gin and how to make the perfect Martini. Listen to our new episode on your favourite podcast channel or direct right here… But before the chat, we review two products from Scotland: the brand new, super-stylish The Aberturret gin and the Bruichladdich, the new face of singl ..read more

Plus a whole heap of bar, book and product goodness… Our inaugural episode of the season is pretty damned special, it’s the first one where you can watch as well as llisten in to our featured interviewee. And it’s a good one, where award-winning film director Paul Feig tells us about making movies, how and why he created a gin and how to make the perfect Martini. Listen to our new episode on your favourite podcast channel or direct right here… But before the chat, we review two products from Scotland: the brand new, super-stylish The Aberturret gin and the Bruichladdich, the new face of singl ..read more