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Sweet repast

Versatile, complex and long-lived dessert wines take their rightful place at the dinner table, together with this season’s festive plates. A toast to all this sumptuousness.

Old is new again, or is it? Claude Giraud from Champagne Henri Giraud is modernising the maison by using ancient ageing techniques. June Lee gets a glimpse into the mindset of the pioneering winemaker.

Alternative pick

Fine Italian wines never go out of style, whether it’s an exciting new natural wine from Sicily or a blockbuster Brunello with all the right moves.

Matter of Taste brings in 100-pointer wines

The third Matter of Taste Singapore promises the most exciting lineup so far, with top rated wines and Brunello taking the spotlight on 22 October 2016

Rare treasures

Quaich Bar has opened a second branch at South Beach, which boasts features such as the backlit “whisky light” bar to showcase its bottles.

See you at the bar

Wind down with artisanal gins distilled from pure grains, botanicals, herbs and fruits in five beguiling flavours.

Together as one

Bar manager of the reopened Nutmeg & Clove, Leon Tan, swizzles up a Singaporean-ised Tiki cocktail.

Czech it out

Czechoslovakian Tokaj and herbal bitters are the magic ingredients in this Old Fashioned twist from spirits portfolio manager of 6DM, Tomas Gejdos.

All fired up

Bar programme director Aki Eguchi of Gibson Bar brings a smoky twist to the classic Negroni.