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Glenmorangie Ealanta — is this the world’s best dram?

It’s risky business rating whiskies, but someone has to do it and Jim Murray can lay claim to being one of the most respected (and wordy) whisky writers in the world. And he had a lot to say about the Glenmorangie Ealanta which he rates in his 2014 Whisky Bible as the best in the world…

Chivas Regal is crafted for the senses — and the iPad

Chivas Regal’s global ambassador, Max Warner, was recently in Sydney hosting a tasting as part of Chivas’ Crafted For The Senses initiative. If you missed the tasting though, you’ll be pleased to know you can get all your whisky goodness on your iPad.

Two cocktails and a swag of ciders for your summer

Summer means that the annual boom in cider sales is upon us. Although it still accounts for just a small part of overall alcohol consumption in Australia, it is certainly on the way up, and ticks all the boxes of summer drinking: crisp, refreshing, sessionable stuff that will take you from the sunny afternoon to the stormy summer evening.

Drinking in Brazil: Batidas, ice cold beers and good times

There’s a lot going on in Brazil. It’s one of the growing economic powerhouses of the world, it will host the Soccer World Cup in 2014 and then the big one, the Olympic games, will spread out across the country in 2016.

Not that Brazilians need much excuse to celebrate — they’ve kind of cornered the market in having a good time.

Vanguard’s new German herbal liqueur, Kuemmerling

Vanguard Luxury Brands are bringing out Germany’s market leading herbal liqueur, Kuemmerling. The half bitter liqueur was created by a travelling chemist called Hugo Kuemmerling in 1938 and is made with “angelica, crisped mint, pimento, liquorice, wormwood, resin of guaiac, cinnamon bark and calamus.”

Bacardi unveils new Art Deco look and “Untameable” attitude

Not many brands can claim to have faced the adversities Bacardi has: they’ve seen fires, earthquakes, Prohibition and exile, just to name a few. And their new “Bacardi Untameable since 1862” campaign — which kicks off with the commercial shown below — is designed to capture those elements of the company’s family history.

A Peruvian pisco pilgrimage — part two!

From gin to mezcal, absinthe to armagnac, and whiskies all across the globe, the variety and quality of what we can get our hands on is increasing every day! One of the most remarkable renaissances has been happening in Peru, and I headed there at the most important time of the year, la vendimia (the harvest), to visit a whole load of bodegas, bars, and even a school of wine and pisco!

Coors bursts onto the Aussie scene with a snowy trade bash at the Coogee Bay Hotel

Last night saw the big trade launch celebrating the arrival of Coors into Australia. Some 350 guests from throughout the Sydney drinks industry gathered at the Coogee Bay Hotel for the party, which saw the Coors Explorers (resplendent in icicle-lade beards and frost-bitten faces, no less) bursting from Coors beer fridges in a blizzard of snow and abseiling into the venue from up on high.