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How to pronounce hard-to-say wine names

Gewürztraminer? Rioja? Moët? Caitlyn Rees, sommelier and wine director of the Mary's Group, helps untangles those wine tongue-twisters.

Green Moustache: Finally North Sydney has an upmarket bar

Now there’s a reason to cross the bridge to socialise.

How to make the perfect hot chocolate

We asked our favourite confectioners and café owners from around the country for their hottest tips.

Watch: Mary’s Underground is opening tonight in Sydney, with a gun sommelier leading their wine program

The Mary’s Group unveil their latest restaurant and a drinks list that ticks the boxes for local, organic and natural wines.

A quiet place to experience a Japanese-style tea ceremony in inner-city Melbourne

In a city known for its boutique coffee, there's a place that's offering specialty green tea sourced from a seventh-generation plantation near Kyoto.

Australia’s first agricole rum distillery is opening its cellar door

At this paddock-to-bottle producer, the spirit is made from sugar cane that’s grown, pressed and distilled on site.

The best Australian pinot noirs, as chosen by sommeliers

At a recent celebration of pinot noir, Australia's top sommeliers presented the bottles that best speak to the grape's pulling power.

Single O raises the batch coffee bar

The Surry Hills cafe unveils the world’s first self-service batch brew tap system.

Gourmet Traveller taste tests the Game of Thrones whisky collection

What do you do when the hit TV show launches seven single malts? You drink them all.

2018 “Owen’s Big Orange” wine boxes at The Dolphin Hotel.

Cask wine: can it taste good?

You can’t put new wine in old bottles, but you can put good wine in kegs – and casks, and pouches – and still not compromise on taste.

One of the world’s best bars is opening in Sydney tonight

There's green-ant soda, fermented "banana wine", and bar snacks.

Say hello to Peaches, the Melbourne rooftop cocktail bar that’s decked in pastel colours

And there’s a giant mirror ball downstairs.

Loft’s Pimms and Roses

Watching the tennis is more fun with a Pimms in hand.

Pink Margarita

Get the party started with this tickled-pink drink.

A Sydney brewer making beer with native flowers

A Texas native uses Australian flora to create an understated craft beer that doesn’t hold your palate to ransom.

A sommelier aims for wine-list equality

When Bridget Raffal stepped into the sommelier role at Sydney's Sixpenny, she noticed one problem - there were no women on the wine list.

New York cocktail bar Employees Only will open a bar in Sydney

Employees Only to open its Sydney bar

New York’s highly secretive speakeasy-style bar will bring its savvy drinks and New York opening hours to Sydney when it opens in a CBD basement this weekend.

The world’s coffee supply could run out

Climate change, disease and a worldwide growth in demand for coffee are threatening to disrupt the daily habit cherished by millions of Australians.

Young Henrys have made a hemp beer

Get that stubby holder ready, Young Henrys is about to launch one of the country's first hemp beers. We take to the hemp field with the brewers themselves to give it a try.

Chablis from some of France's top producers

Your Chablis explainer: tasting notes, varieties and producers

Chablis offers a schooling in taste and terroir and, better still, it's just downright fun. Drink up.

Matthew Bax to open an art gallery serving cocktails in Melbourne

A thousand square metres of art and drinks designed by artists: is Grau Projekt the first gallery of its kind in the world?

An Australian aquavit hits the market

A local duo goes where few Australian distillers have ventured before, channelling Scandinavia’s drinking culture and putting a spin on aquavit.

Dale DeGroff, King Cocktail, on mastering the Martini and the art of the home bar

Dale DeGroff on making the perfect Martini and becoming King Cocktail of your home bar

Should you put your gin in the freezer? What's the best ice to use when mixing drinks? All this and more from the man who rewrote the rules of cocktails.

Australian gamay hits a high note

Gamay continues to grow in popularity among Australian drinkers and producers. What's more, local winemakers are adding new character to the Beaujolais signature. We take a closer look.

Banksii's Rebecca Lines drinking Georgian wine at Rootstock

A Rootstock retrospective

We toast the natural wine festival that broadened Australia's drinking horizons with a series of photographs that capture Rootstock in all its glory.

Five new red wines that should be on your radar

If you're baffled by the obscure grape varieties turning up on wine lists everywhere, this run-down is for you.

All-female bartending competition Speed Rack hits Australia

This weekend, 16 mixologists from almost every corner of the country will get behind the stick to battle it out for first prize – and raise funds for a worthwhile cause, too.

Top Drops: July 2018

If winter means red wine to you, we've got plenty of recommendations including a robust malbec, a pinot meunier worth cellaring and a lip-smacking young nero.

Rootstock is no more

Australia's wildest wine party has called last drinks.

Cask wine is making a comeback at Sydney venues

If you think wine in a box is a 20th-century embarrassment best left in the past, James Hird, the wine guy at Icebergs and its sister venues, is here to convince you otherwise.

Thylacine

Named after Tasmania's infamous tiger, this gin cocktail doesn't bite but it's every bit as unique as its namesake.

The Marrickville

This variation on a classic Martini hails from the suburb for which it's named, making the most of Poor Toms Sydney Dry Gin and its notes of berry and apple.

Light ‘n’ Stormy

You've heard of the Dark 'n' Stormy, but why not try a cocktail of navy-strength gin with ginger beer and lime?

Gourmet Traveller's top drops for June include the excellent 2015 vintage of Grosset Gaia, King Valley pastis and a Barossa semillon.

Top Drops: June 2018

From the Rhône Valley to Kentucky, the Barossa to Abruzzo, Max Allen's selections this month cover some ground.

Melbourne wine event Handmade is back – with an after party

It's double the fun this weekend at the Builders Arms, with a tasting of natural wines from across the country followed by a party headlined by out-of-town chefs.

The new release of Bloody Shiraz Gin is here

Four Pillars' unique purple drop – made with Yarra Valley shiraz grapes – is back. You know what to do.

Gourmet Traveller's top drops for May include a stylish sauvignon from Adelaide and a rich Italian.

Top Drops: May 2018

This May, a barrel-matured sauvignon blanc from the Adelaide Hills and a rich refreshing white from Italy's north-east make it to our favourites list.

The Fresh Wine Disco returns to Tasting Australia for 2018. We asked some experienced disco-goers for their party advice.

A user guide to the Fresh Wine Disco in the Adelaide Hills

Four seasoned wine-world bons vivants give us their rundown of what to expect at this year’s Fresh Wine Disco, part of Tasting Australia 2018.

Top Drops: April 2018

A powerful and complex gin from Victoria's Macedon Ranges makes our short-list this April, as does an essential cabernet franc from the Loire Valley.

The new wave of bright, lower-alcohol reds

A refreshing revelation in summer with a vitality all their own, these are the drops helping wine lovers see the light.

Agave americana growing in Mexico. The agave can be used to make mezcal.

A mezcal explainer: how it’s made, where to find it and how to drink it

Everything you need to know about the smokier, more rustic relative of that other agave-based spirit, tequila.

All about cold-brew coffee

The taste for cold-brew coffee shows no sign of waning – if you haven’t joined in yet, now's the time to give it a shot.

Top Drops: March 2018

From a barrel-matured Bordeaux sauvignon blanc to a deep purple cassis made from Tasmanian blackcurrants, here are the drops we're turning to this March.

Unique spirits to add to your home bar

Take your liquor cabinet to the next level with these four unique drops.

Trash Tiki comes to Australia

Wishful drinking meets mindful upcycling as Trash Tiki brings its dumpster-diving philosophy to our favourite local bars and eateries.

Top Drops: February 2018

From a trophy winning nero d'avola to a botanically refreshing chardonnay, here are our favourite drinks of the month.

The Gold Coast pale ale that has wooed beer-drinkers

Votes have been cast in the annual Hottest 100 Craft Beers – and a new style has come out on top.

Our summer reading and drinking list

From historical fiction and meditations on the future of cities to of-the-moment food talk, here are our picks of this summer's best beach and poolside reads - with drinks to match, naturally.

Leading Sydney sommelier opens She Loves You in Newtown

Expect quaffable, fun drinks with deliciousness and accessibility to the fore when Billy Kwong's sommelier opens her new bar.

Jim Meehan takes PDT to Hong Kong

One of the world's best cocktail bars has opened an outpost in Hong Kong. Bottoms up.

Drinking Australia’s native ingredients

Locally made drops - from tonic to golden ale, vermouth to eau de vie - are full of the flavours and aromas of the bush, as the next generation of producers embrace quandong, wattleseeds and more. Here are our picks.

In praise of pet-nat

The refreshing rusticity of gently sparkling pétillant-naturels is a large part of their appeal, writes Max Allen.

Shed bars of Adelaide

These secret home-styled bars are dotted across the South Australian capital - and with every bar an extension of its owner's personality, no two are quite the same. Step inside.