Drinks News

Our top drinks for the month, including tempranillo, syrah, riesling and more.

Spring forward with our collection of cocktail recipes perfect for outdoor entertaining and racing season.

Wine bar Marion, seven years in the making, marks the fourth shingle Andrew McConnell has hung out on Fitzroy's Gertrude St.

A bitter and refreshing spring tipple.

We caught up with Nespresso Australia and New Zealand coffee ambassador Mitch Monaghan over a couple of cappuccinos to talk about "positive cups", the future of coffee farming, and how he takes his coffee.

Richmond’s newest wine and cocktail bar, The Ugly Duckling, opens in Melbourne.

Small is the order of the day in restaurants, with tight wine lists showcasing boutique drops, writes Max Allen.

Our top drinks for the month, including veltliner, versecco, merlot and more.

Tequila is the new black. At least it is for Jennifer Hawkins, who has acquired a taste for Mexico’s national tipple – and now her own label, writes George Epaminondas.

A fresh, bright Italian-accented sundowner.

Our top drinks for the month, including mataro, malbec, tempranillo, pinot noir and more.

Polar vortex? Nothing a good booze-blanket can't solve. Here's a handful of cosy bars around the country.

A small community is making a big impression with some of the hottest wine labels in the country, writes Max Allen.

Our collection of warming winter drinks includes hot malted milk, spiced apple cider and hot buttered rum.

Porter syrup and a whole egg make a smooth, rich winter winner.

Our top drinks for the month, including pinot noir, gamay, cider, shiraz and more.

Malbec is on the rise, with local winemakers producing plush expressions of the elegant grape, writes Max Allen.

A serious libation that’s not for the faint of heart.

Drinking wine is more than a matter of taste, writes Max Allen, so put on some tunes and fill a fancy glass.

A new bar is challenging the way Melbournians take their whisky.

Say hello to a zesty relative of the Martini.

Mornington Peninsula pinot noir is fulfilling its early promise with breathtaking finesse, writes Max Allen.

The world is getting hotter and we’re not talking about global warming. From food to faraway destinations, artistic accomplishment to technological triumph, our trend-hunters have combed the planet for what to eat, see, do and watch – right now. Here are the drinking trends to watch for this year.

If you’ve wanted to say sorry, thanks or “I love you”, online retailer Sorry Thanks I Love You has had all your designer axe, bespoke pet accessory and luxe satchel needs covered. Now, in a natural progression in the apology/gratitude/romance stakes, they’ve moved into wine, and they’ve got one of the best sommeliers in the […]

Bourbon meets the complexity of sweet and dry Sherry in The Fortunato.

Orange is blooming, with exciting local wines wowing the locals and visitors alike.

It’s a rum business when the classic fizz gets the Crusta treatment.

Meet the white Italian grapes that are vying for attention with the better-known reds, writes Max Allen.

Chef and restaurateur Joseph Abboud was never a big beer drinker, but now he owns a brewery and can't wipe the smile off his face.

Ben Blair, Reece Griffiths and Lee Potter Cavanagh aren't opening a Wayne's World-themed bar this week...

Caffeine plus Campari equals a very correct way to end an Italian meal.

An élite global group of natural winemakers has taken root in Australia, writes Max Allen, and is set to grow.

Matt Bax gives us the inside scoop on his new Melbourne bar.

Classy? No. Fun? You bet. Fire when ready.

Holidaying in a one-shop town? Max Allen’s summer favourites can be found from Woy Woy to Woop Woop.

You won’t be sorry you gave this variation on the classic a try.

Flexing from sweet to savoury, muscat works in a host of occasions. Max Allen does the festive matchmaking.

Luke Ashton and Charlie Ainsbury are joining forces to bring you a new Darlinghurst watering hole.

Hungover? We asked the true booze professionals to share their remedies.

There's something pretty great about siphoning wine from an oak barrel, particularly on a school night...

The Elizabeth Taylor of the drinks world, both sweet and tart...

Two seemingly disparate ingredients, one thoroughly refreshing cocktail.

Eschewing the tried and true, Max Allen goes in search of fine Champagnes from lesser-known producers. Here he reveals his top 10.

Take two of these and call us in the morning.

Bittersweet apples and traditional techniques give French ciders their own special fizz, writes Max Allen.

What's party season without the drinks? Check out our collection of old favourites (Negronis, Bellinis, Martinis) and signature drinks from some of our country's best bars.

Updating a Caribbean classic with a dash of French élan.

The diverse flavours of Asia are sending wine lists in exciting and adventurous directions, writes Max Allen.

A not-so-soft drink from the deeper recesses of the cocktail canon.

The local gin craze is in full swing. Max Allen taste-tests the nation’s offerings, from traditional dry to radical botanical.

First, it was boutique Australian gin; now vermouth is on the make. Max Allen savours the sweet and the dry.

Shaking things up with Adelaide’s best cocktail bar.

Craft brewing in Australia is hitting a sour note, and that’s no bad thing, writes Max Allen.

Stirred, but no less shaken for the experience.

Bacon week might be nearly over, but that's no reason to stop celebrating, especially when Sydney bar Eau de Vie has started bottling its bacon Bourbon.

Vasco's Luke Ashton shares his secrets for nailing the perfect Martini.

There’s more to gamay than a merry drink-now drop – it’s a seriously seductive grape, says Max Allen.

Fighting winter’s chill with that classic folk cure: hard liquor.

Beverages that'll keep your home fires burning through the colder months.

From a first cut of 100 of the nation’s best wines, Max Allen whittled away even further to arrive at his top 10 favourites from the best in show. Drink up.

A Hellenic twist on a hair-of-the-dog classic.

Looking for somewhere new to have a drink in your city? Here are our picks of some of the best bars around the country.

Supercharging the classic Champagne cocktail.

Once the sweet purple plonk of choice for yesteryear teens, Lambrusco has come of age, writes Max Allen.

John Irving raises a glass to the original aperitivo as we know it, the Italian concoction of herb-charged wine...

Italianate snacks and drinks ahoy.

Italy’s relationship with chinotto has been a bittersweet affair...

We ask Eau de Vie owner and Shaken, Stirred, Flamed & Thrown author Sven Almenning why we should buy his book.

The great Australian cider bubble keeps expanding, writes Max Allen, but when it bursts, who will be left standing?

Shooting to thrill with a hint of the wild Aubrac.

There’s no shortage of options at the bar for gin – but what about the tonic?

Young, fresh and juicy – that’s how we like to drink our wines these days. Max Allen picks 20 of the best of the new vintage to crack open and enjoy right now.

Sand, sea and Floridian Fizz – it’s time to get lei’d.

It's been a blockbuster year for bar openings in Australia. Here are our top picks of the year's crop.

Just the thing to leave out for the chubby guy in the red suit.

Step away from the cheeseboard with that gutsy red wine. Max Allen and Will Studd have found more harmonious pairings.

Tony Conigliaro pours a mean cocktail. Not only is his London bar, 69 Colebrooke Row, consistently named one of the best in the world, he's also been Heston Blumenthal's go-to guy on matters mixological...

Fresh as it may be, this drink comes with a pedigree.

Dan Aykroyd talks drinks, parties and his singular take on bush tucker.

Hedonism in a glass, just waiting for the right beach bar.

Thirty of our favourite drinks from Australia's best bars and restaurants.

A smoky take on the classic precursor to the Daiquiri.

Three brown spirits are better than one in this multinational winter cocktail.

A Martini for whiskey drinkers? What better winter tipple?

The thinking person’s cure for seasonal affective disorder. Now with added whisky.

A spiced citrus curiosity for your autumn drinking pleasure.

An uptown classic from a downstairs favourite.

An Americano-ish refresher well worth getting marooned with.

For lovers of bitter Italian booze, things in Australia have never looked sweeter.

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A drink with a kick – and then some.

The Bloody Mary takes a southern Italian turn – for the better.

In this refreshing artichoke-fuelled twist on the Negroni, three is definitely a crowd (pleaser).

From the fringes of Melbourne’s mixology scene, Sam Ross has shot to the top in the US and created a new classic drink.

A nutty, boozy libation fit to do nanna proud.

An old-school DIY favourite, ripe for a spring fling.

The best defence is a good offence, not least of all in the cocktail cabinet, as this little-known classic amply demonstrates.

Lusty, boozy, potent and ever so slightly lewd, it’s a cocktail tribute to the Bard from a theatrical watering-hole.

Salty, smoky and with bonus pork, this boilermaker is tailor-made for the latest wave of the Brisbane bar revolution.