TARIFF THREATS AND GEN Z SOBRIETY HAVE PUT BORDEAUX ON RED ALERT

Dust off the Dubonnet: old-fashioned drinks-cabinet staples deserve to be moved from Christmas past into Christmas present, believes Will Hosie

THE CRÈME DE LA CRÈME OF TIPPLES TO TOAST, GIFT AND TURN INTO A COCKTAIL? THE AFICIONADOS SPILL ALL

From Chablis to sherry, our expert recreates the spirit of a Victorian Christmas with Dickensian-inspired wines

France may be synonymous with fromage, but the terroir of our green and pleasant land gives rise to all manner of magnificent varieties of our own, declares Tom Parker Bowles, who picks his favourites

Jeremy Ellwood mixes waterways with fairways on a maiden river cruise with his wife to the wine-making region of Bordeaux in the south-west corner of France