You can’t really be a celebrity nowadays without your own brand of hooch. Clinton Cawood joins an Imbibe panel on the red carpet as they rub shoulders with the rich and famous...

This year's finalists joined Imbibe and Champagne Louis Roederer last night for the Wine List of the Year 2012 awards ceremony

There’s more to life, and wine vintages, than perfection. The River Café’s Emily O’Hare attends the 2011 Bordeaux en primeur tastings, in a year that follows two highly acclaimed vintages

Cognac and cigars is an age-old pairing – but which ones really set the world on fire? Clinton Cawood summoned a tasting panel to a smoking terrace to find out

Put quite simply, they’re the best of the best. Chris Losh joins our tasting panels at Imbibe Live as they set about deciding the Sommelier Wine Awards Wines of the Year 2012

Bibendum teams up with Medlar in London’s Chelsea as part of Imbibe’s ongoing food-and-wine matching competition. Chris Losh joins a team of hungry sommelier judges to find out how the cheese and pickle sandwiches measure up on King’s Road

Winemakers in the Loire are working together to produce distinctive Sauvignon Blanc wines with a unique sense of regionality. And here’s your chance to try them – for free!

10 years ago, you could tell an Aussie Chardonnay from a Burgundy at 20 paces, but nowadays, with much more linear wines from Down Under it’s not so easy. Clinton Cawood mixes things up and asks a team of trembling tasters for their thoughts

Next year's London International Wine Fair and Distil to begin a day earlier, in a bid to woo the on-trade

Soho's El Camion introduces Tequila Tuesdays

Top Sommelier Wine Awards selected at Imbibe Live

Crucial to so many classic cocktails, vermouth is on the up, with a raft of newcomers adding interest to established classics. Clinton Cawood joins a team of bartenders to take a look at what the category has to offer

With a daunting number of entries, competition was always going to be tough. Chris Losh looks on as teams of experts whittle down the hopefuls to create the shortlist for the Louis Roederer Wine List of the Year 2012

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Characterful, food-friendly and great value for money, this tasting of Minervois wines had our tasters cooing with pleasure. Clinton Cawood takes note as the plaudits roll in