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On April 17, 1853 the president of Argentina made it his mission to change his country’s wine industry and a Frenchman was commissioned to bring over new vines. Now known as Malbec Mondo, or Malbec Day, this date celebrates the tremendous success o...

Worldwide, in 80 countries, about 25,000 people belong to an organisation of food and wine lovers that can trace its roots back as far as 1248 when King Luis IX of France founded a guild of goose roasters. Each year, the Bermuda chapter of Chaîne d...

Looking for organic gin, inexpensive Malbec, or wine accessories — Discovery Wines’ new Hamilton store has it all. Discovery Wines opened a boutique store on the corner of Queen and Reid Streets in early December. “It has been very successful so far...

The founder of a canned-cocktails company in Nashville, Tennessee says the business was inspired by Bermuda. Kevin Albrecht, founder of Deep Bay Spirits, is originally from Toronto, Canada but spent six years on the island working for global spirits ...

We should start our journey in the north of Spain as this is where garnacha was born. Its lovely strawberry and raspberry flavours, along with a touch of pepper, has resulted in it being the seventh most planted wine grape worldwide. It is even ahead...

Bermudian entrepreneur Ashley Stephens is set to add some island flavour to the America’s Cup. For Ms Stephens, the founder of Ashley’s Lemonade, has joined the elite group of island vendors of food and drink in the America’s Cup Village. Ms Stephens...

There is a branch in Bermuda of an international association that started in Europe in 1248 and over the centuries their goal has been to enjoy good food, good wine and good company. Some of us in the wine trade are members and we have dinners and ...

The Island’s two biggest coffee distributors have blended. Convenience Coffee and CoffeeWorks have merged into a single company, which will operate under the Convenience Coffee banner, to become the largest of its kind in Bermuda. The owners said tha...

Cocktail company Twisted Spoon has launched a home delivery service for the festive season. Now mixologists Stefan Gitschner and Somers Carr will visit clients’ homes and mix fresh cocktails from a special Christmas-themed menu for self-service at pa...

Spirits are now more in vogue than beer and wine, reaching a height of fashion not achieved since the early days of the 1900s when speakeasy’s reigned and drinks such as the Moscow mule, gimlet and pink lady were among the choices from the bar. Resta...

Raj Nagra, the global brand ambassador for Bombay Sapphire gin, is a rock star in the firmament of the wine and spirits industry. The urbane diplomat of the juniper berry spirit was in Bermuda last week to launch Bombay’s new product, a lemongrass an...

The fact is that Port producers, like Champagne houses only release a vintage in a very good year and in the case of Port this usually happens in about three years in every ten. With other less perfect harvests they mainly restrict their offerings to...