The Complicated Terroir of Palestinian Wine
Terroir is a well-known concept in wine: the idea that soil, climate, altitude, aspect and other characteristics of a place can shape a wine so distinctly that it tastes as…
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Herefordshire Vineyards: Wine Among the Orchards
For centuries, Herefordshire has grown apples, pears and hops destined for our glasses. Now grapes are joining them. We tour three Herefordshire vineyards to see how wine is finding its…
Why Does Coke Taste Better in a Glass Bottle?
There are some things we accept as fact without ever really questioning them. Chips taste better at the seaside, tea tastes better from your favourite mug (and with biscuits), and…
The Three-Martini Lunch Is Back. But It Looks a Little Different
Once a symbol of expense accounts and corporate excess, the three-martini lunch is being reimagined for a new working world. “The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency,” former…
The Magical Ingredients of Practical Magic – And How to Drink Them
With Practical Magic returning to our screens, so too is one of cinema’s great drinking rituals: the Midnight Margarita. In the original 1998 film, the Owens women gather in the…
Why Do We Drink Orange Juice for Breakfast?
For the Western world, orange juice is breakfast. It belongs beside coffee, eggs and toast, whether at the most basic continental breakfast, on the fanciest room-service tray or simply at…