Drink

• Wine

  Celebrations for me always mean a wee glass of fizz to start, often when cooking or chatting, or more likely both.

• Tequila sunrise

  'Are you planning anything for Father's Day?" asks a slightly desperate email from a drinks company.

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  DIY Cocktails: the unforgetable lemon drop martini

  The Lemon Drop Martini has been around since the 80's, or at least that's when it became most popular.

• Wine

  I do like my fish and chips with vinegar, but what should you put in your glass?

• Gordon Brown: patron saint of craft brewing?

  It was only a matter of time before The Apprentice jumped on the craft ale bandwagon.

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  Reading Between the Wines: one for the road?

  A couple of weeks ago, a pair of news items about cycling inspired me to write about the relationship between wines and bicycles (don’t believe there is one? Go read the article!).

• Greek chic

  In the Eurovision Song Contest the Greeks offered us a glimpse of what a post-independence Scottish entry might sound like.

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  Reading Between the Wines: raising a glass to happy Australian wines

  It has been suggested by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Better Life Index that Australia is the ‘happiest country in the world’.

• Wine

  As a wine-drinking nation we no longer store bottles in dusty cellars for years waiting for them to reach perfect maturity.

• The story of Laithwaite's

  I once hired a Vauxhall Combo and drove to France to pick up cheap champagne for my brother's wedding.