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Lovely bubbly as UK out-quaffs USA by 16 million bottles
Posted: 16 March 2006 | 17:15
A bar with a cocktail list in your restaurant can increase profitability. But what products do you need to get one up and running? Here's Dan Warner's guide to the basics
Posted: 16 March 2006 | 00:00
I note from last week's letters column Greville Dare's alarm at smoking in hotel bedrooms (Caterer, 9 March, page 22). He talks of a "deadly oversight" in allowing guests to smoke in rooms when they have "overindulged" through drinking.
Posted: 16 March 2006 | 00:00
Cocktails have never been so good. From New York to London, Shanghai to Mexico City, you can now be sure of a decent drink...
Posted: 16 March 2006 | 00:00
Whether it makes you happy or not, chances are that everyone who drinks alcohol has an opinion on Tequila. What other spirit has captured the hearts of binge-drinking youths across the world, or has had everything from songs to T-shirts created in its honour?
Posted: 16 March 2006 | 00:00
Sensible drinking body the Portman Group is to shed many of its responsibilities, including campaigning and education, and they are to be taken on by charity group the Drinkaware Trust.
Posted: 15 March 2006 | 10:55
After nearly 40 years in the business, legendary bartender Salvatore Calabrese is at the very top of his profession. Fiona Sims visits his London bar to find out what he's up to
Posted: 23 February 2006 | 00:00
Fourteen pubs with historic significance are being recognised by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra).
Posted: 16 February 2006 | 00:00
Beverages follow the same consumer trends that shape food menus.
Posted: 09 February 2006 | 19:06
White wines’ dominance ebbs as diners rediscover reds.
Posted: 19 January 2006 | 18:06
Independent family-owned distiller William Grant & Sons has introduced Reyka Vodka, produced at the newly built distillery in Borgarnes, 100km north of Reykjavik in Iceland. Reyka is a premium vodka handcrafted in small batches using spring water very low in minerals, a two-stage lava rock filtration system and a Carter-Head still, more often used in gin production. The firm describes the drink as having a delicate texture that becomes fuller-bodied and lightly creamy with elegant, rounded aniseed and vanilla, a sweet-dry balance and a light spiciness, with a clean, lingering and subtly spiced finish.
Price: About £13 Available from: William Grant & Sons 020 8332 1188
Posted: 06 January 2006 | 17:38
Tequila Mex is a new ready-to-drink brand from Spencer's Drinks. It consists of real Mexican Tequila mixed with passion fruit and orange, and is 6.2% abv. The company aims to capitalise on Tequila's growth in the spirits sector and move consumers away from its association with a worm in the bottle or "slammers". Pricing over the bar to consumers is currently from 2.50 to 3.15 per bottle.
Price: About 7.99 per case of 12 For stockists: 01283 221133 www.spencers-drinks.com
Posted: 06 January 2006 | 17:32
Celeste is the Torres family's first Spanish wine to be produced outside Catalua, from tinto fino grown in a seven-hectare vineyard at an altitude of 900m in the Ribera del Duero. Torres describes the wine as having an intense blackberry colour, spicy and intense nose, with liquorice and black pepper hints on a base of well-ripened blackberry and cherry, and on the palate, very fruity at first with ripened tannins, also persistent and full-bodied. Because of its fruity and tannic characteristics, the wine pairs well with meat dishes such as roasts and game, Torres says, and should be served at 16-17°C.
Price: 39.79 for 6 x 75cl For stockists: 01442 870900
Posted: 06 January 2006 | 16:32
Lerwick-based Blackwood Distillers has launched its 2005 Dry Vintage Gin, for which it grows and hand-harvests many of the botanicals on the storm-ravished Shetland Islands that are its homeland. The unpredictable weather means that, each year, the distilled botanicals produce a unique and distinctive gin. The 2005 vintage is made up of floral and herby undertones, as the damp, cooler summer produced masses of wild water mint, meadowsweet and angelica. Blackwood distilled these wild flowers and herbs with fresh, locally grown coriander to produce a gin which it says has a subtle coriander pungency, tempered with an aroma of herbs and flowers.
Price: About 10.50 Available from: 01595 694455 www.blackwooddistillers.com
Posted: 06 January 2006 | 16:22
A new toffee-flavoured vodka already popular in Wales is being launched across the UK. Toffoc is a 27.5% abv triple-distilled UK grain vodka created by entrepreneurs Dewi Roberts and Padrig Huws, who conceived the idea on the snowy slopes of the Alps after enjoying a similar après-ski drink which was not available back in Britain. They began experimenting with a variety of flavours and came up with a blend which they say has hints of vanilla, butterscotch and caramel, is a crystal-clear golden colour, and is claimed to be a very versatile drink which appears popular with a wide age range of drinkers. It can be used in a range of cocktails, and in desserts such as tiramisu, cheesecakes and trifles.
PRICE: 14.99 for a 70cl bottle AVAILABLE FROM: Toffoc 01248 852159 www.toffoc.com
Posted: 06 January 2006 | 16:14
Holiday cocktail menus wrap up end-of-year sales.
Posted: 05 January 2006 | 14:55
Older people drink alcohol more often than youngsters but young people swill back larger quantities, according to a new Government survey.
Posted: 16 December 2005 | 16:18
It's now three weeks since the new licensing act came into force. Ross Bentley revisits four operators to find out how the law is shaping up for them
Posted: 15 December 2005 | 00:00
Responding to trends and customer tastes is as important for drink menus as it is for center-of-the-plate options.
Posted: 14 December 2005 | 18:00
This article has been extracted from Secrets of Wine by Giles Kime, former editor of Decanter Magazine, and is part of the 52 Brilliant Ideas series published by Infinite Ideas.
Posted: 13 December 2005 | 11:13
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