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It’s The Wine Wankers annual Christmas gift buying guide for the person in your life who loves wine more than their own children (you know who you are! ). , 2016’s list here, and 2015’s list here! Buy it here ($200) The Myrcene Hemp Gin, The Dutch design team behind Puik has made the wine cooler of foam which is great for insulating, and while it looks expensive, it’s not.

Can the world’s top wine writer also produce the world’s best wine glass? I wanted to ask when I reached out to Jancis Robinson about her new wine glass and decanter collaboration with famed glass blower, Richard Brendon. When we first approached Jancis we were delighted by her desire to design just one perfect wine glass,” said Richard. The resulting 1 Collection offers one wine glass, one water glass, and a pair of decanters designed respectively for wines at very different stages in their evolution: the only pieces you’ll ever need to enjoy your wine at it’s very best.

Yesterday I drank a bottle of red wine that I opened 9 months ago – and it was still fresh as a daisy! At the same time I received my Repour cork samples, I also received double samples of Nebbiolo from the northern Italian winery, Tenute Sella 1871 (cost, 40,00 € each). What a perfect opportunity I thought to taste one bottle now, cork it up with Repour, and taste it further down the track alongside a freshly opened bottle. Repour cost around US$3 as a single, US$10 for a 4 pack, US$22 for a 10 pack, and US$130 for a 72 pack

* Make sure you balance the sweetness of your wine slushie with lemon or lime juice * Have sugar syrup on hand in case your slushie is too tart Negroni Frosé – half a bottle of rosé, 60 mls of Campari, 60mls sweet vermouth, a handful of frozen strawberries, 45mls lime juice, 60 mls of sugar syrup. Midsommar Friesling –  half bottle of Riesling, elderflower syrup/cordial mixed with water and made in to ice cubes (2 handfuls), 100 mls of white vermouth, 10 mint leaves, 60 mls of sugar syrup half bottle of Pinot Grigio, 100 mls of Lillet, lime juice, 60 mls of sugar syrup