What Our Editor Drank on Bottoms Up: Better for You, Better for the Planet
From canned wine and alcohol-free fizz to English red wine, our editor joined the boys on Bottoms Up to explore drinks that are better for us, better for the planet,…
Our Picks
We Tasted All 49 Fortnum & Mason Own-Label Wines – Here’s Our Favs
Fortnum & Mason has just launched a new own-label wine collection. There are 49 bottles in total and we tasted every single one. The range is split into two tiers.…
6 Solid Pecorino Wines We’d Happily Buy Again
Pecorino isn’t necessarily a white you’ll fall for from the first sip. It’s more about texture and substance than zippy freshness, and drunk on its own, that can sometimes make…
6 Good Speyside Whiskies to Buy at the Supermarket
Watch virtually any American drama and if there’s a scene where a character (usually a man), opens a bottle of single malt Scotch whisky, nine times out of ten it…
Not Just for Christmas: 5 Ways to Drink Port in Summer
Several members of the slake team have found themselves overlooking the Douro on sun-drenched afternoons in Porto, a refreshing port serve in hand. Perhaps that’s why we’ve never quite understood…
Best UK Supermarket Wines for Summer 2026
The slake team taste 1000s of wines throughout the year, from everyday supermarket bottles to benchmark examples from some of the world’s leading producers. Alongside this, we attend seasonal tastings…