The return of the London International Wine Fair and Distil

Bibendum to host events timed to fit in with sommeliers' schedules

Carluccio's summer of wine

Imbibe 2010 is gearing up to be the drinks show of the year, so if you're involved in sourcing, serving or buying drinks, make sure you're there.

Sparkling wine is a growing force in the UK. And with the whole ‘drink local’ campaign also on the rise, now seemed the perfect time to get to grips with Blighty’s sparklers. Susanna Forbes doffs her bowler hat, stiffens her upper lip and prepares to give Johnny Fizz what for!

It’s a classic style, but London gin only legally became a category less than a year ago, and new brands are still arriving all the time. Joined by a panel of top bartenders, Clinton Cawood went on a journey into the spirit’s outer-limits, to see what London gin means today

Beer guru Nigel Tarn travels the length and breadth of Britain in search of the country’s most innovative, most traditional and most plain bonkers breweries.