A newsletter about alcohol, culture and history.
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The drinking habits of highly effective Victorians. Plus an extract from ‘Wineupmanship’.
“Professional ladies, and those accustomed to society, and habits of affluence, will habitually take five or even six glasses of wine at dinner.”
Being a member of the Victorian ruling classes sounds like a lot of fun if Samuel Hughes’ rec...
The Cocktail Hour by Tim Hayward
The first thing that will strike you when you pick up a copy of Tim Hayward’s The Cocktail Hour: A Drinker’s Companion is how heavy1 it is. When my copy arrived, I half expected to find the pages hollowed out and replaced with a Walther PPK...
Ever decreasing alcohol levels
Why your favourite drinks are being ruined. Plus some bargain mature Australian wines.
Before we start this week’s post, I want to plug the Critic Wine Club, which this month is in conjunction with Vinorium in Ashford. It’s not often that...
Kummel ye faithful
A brief history of the cult caraway-flavoured schnapps
‘He’s been at the Kümmel again’. The world-weary butler sighed deeply. I could tell he was a butler because he was dressed in the uniform like Anthony Hopkins in The Remains of the Day...
In praise of a whisky & soda
And the perfect blended Scotch to make it with, Dewar’s White Label.
As the clock approached noon on a Sunday, my late grandmother would start looking expectant. That meant it was whisky & soda time, and woe betide you if you were late wit...
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Henry Jeffreys worked in the wine trade and publishing before becoming a writer. He won Fortnum & Mason Drink Writer of the Year 2022/23 and is the author of four books including Empire of Booze (2016) and Vines in a Cold Climate (2023).
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