Chivas Brothers supports Scottish barley growers
Chivas Brothers has launched an agriculture programme supporting sustainable farming practices among Scottish barley growers.
Californian wine: Trouble in paradise
California is the latest major wine-producing region to struggle with Mother Nature after a drought emergency gripped the Golden State.
Armagnac
Armagnac is arguably the closest spirit to wine in terms of provenance, raw materials and the outlook of the growers, producers and brand owners. Christian Davis reports
Champagne holds breath after “earliest harvest”
Growers, cooperatives and houses in Champagne have offered ambivalent first appraisals of the 2011 vintage, following what has been described as the appellation’s “earliest ever harvest”.
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The bar industry community is dead
Danil Nevsky mourns the demise of a time when contact was physical, not digital, and when connections meant more than a swipe of a screen. But he holds out hope that real community will return for younger generations
