Splashing out on a celebratory bottle of bubbly and want to understand your terms? We explain the difference between Brut and ...

Whether it’s the holidays or you just have something special to celebrate, a bottle of bubbly is always the right choice.

A Manhattan gets the Champagne treatment in this pre-Prohibition cocktail. The Boothby is a sparkling riff on a Manhattan that's made with the classic Manhattan specs — rye whiskey, sweet vermou ...

These are such special wines and all of those I recommend are bargains. Some merchants virtually ignore sweet wines of any sort. I make no apology for recommending so many wines from Waitrose.

There are three main grapes that are grown and used in Champagne: chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot nero. There are ranges of sweetness from demi-sec (semi sweet) to brut (driest). The Champagnes ...