If you're wondering what to buy the whisky-lover in your life for Christmas this year, than look no further than The Dabbler's choice Glengoyne. Dabbler readers can claim a special 10% discount on personalised bottles here. To remind you of what Glengoyne is all about, here's Ian Buxton – author of ... Read More...
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It'll soon be time to start stocking up on the Christmas booze. Here's The Dabbler's wine expert Henry Jeffreys on good ordinary claret... What thing is the most evocative of Christmas? For some it’s the sound of carol singing, for others it’s the unwrapping of presents, for me it’s the sediment ... Read More...
The Dabbler's new cocktail guru Will Lowe mixes up some milky classics that might bring some memories back... When I was asked to write about dairy based cocktails, my head was immediately filled with the sound of Calvin Harris singing “it was acceptable in the 80’s”. Fortunately, it’s a short song, ... Read More...
Have a cocktail, why don't you? One of our editors was fortunate enough to try a couple of delicious ones at L.T.D at The Social, highly recommended and just two minutes walk from Oxford Circus. There he was fortunate to run into Will Lowe of Bibendum Wine, an expert in all things ... Read More...
The Dabbler's wine correspondent Henry Jeffreys finds it's never too early to open a bottle of sherry... Sherry is the very opposite of a modern wine – it’s not fruity, it’s not made from a well-known grape variety and worst of all for the accountants who run most of the larger ... Read More...
Dabbler wine correspondent Henry Jeffreys reports on the new breed of wine merchants... Do you remember when bookshops started sprouting coffee shops? People will come for a coffee, browse and end up buying a book or so the logic went. Something similar is happening with wine merchants. Traditionally they were forbidding ... Read More...
A Horlicks advertisement from the original brochure for the Festival of Britain in 1951. (Double click on the picture to read the text). In another half minute, John and Elizabeth will be seated in these two chairs, relaxing at last after a strenuous day. This has been their home ever since ... Read More...
Noseybonk is away this week, conducting an interview with non-plagiarising columnist Johann Hari for a special piece next week. In his stead, guest society correspondent Jasper Huddlestone-Huddlestone picks his favourite wines to go with cocaine. It was during one of my periodic binges when I realised that my little brother, Tobias, had ... Read More...
Queen Gin: Oh! what is is this that runs so cold about me? A dram! — a dram! — a large one or I die. ’Tis vain [drinks hastily] O, O, Farewell [dies] Mob: What, dead drunk or dead in earnest? [finale of The Deposing of Queen Gin, with the Ruin of the Duke of Rum, Marquee ... Read More...
The Dabbler's wine correspondent Henry Jeffreys explains why rich people are fools and launches an occasional series offering tips on how you can buy very good wine without breaking the bank... Money is wasted on the rich. When I see footballers driving their identical Bentley Continentals I think how much better I could have spent ... Read More...
