Drinks

• 1 Coco Django inspired by 'Django Unchained'
  Cocktail The Oscar-nominated film's snow-covered mountains and a lead character's love of a quirky coconut drink are the inspiration for an exotic Grey Goose cocktail with a hint of spice and a fresh mint...

• 2 Monsier Le President inspired by 'Lincoln'
  Cocktail To celebrate an iconic American with a love of apples, a long, tall cocktail mixing Grey Goose with two American favourites: apple and cinnamon. Ingredients: 1½ parts Grey Goose vodka ½...

• 3 True Story cocktail inspired by 'Argo'
  Cocktail Mixing Hollywood and politics, a seriously sophisticated cocktail with fresh citrus, cherry notes and a splash of glamour. Ingredients:  2 parts Grey Goose L'Orange  1 part Maraschino...

• 4 Le Blanc inspired by 'Les Miserables'
  Cocktail A fizzy aperitif cocktail with two French classics at its heart: Grey Goose vodka and Noilly Prat vermouth, which this year celebrates its 200th anniversary. Ingredients: Two parts Grey Goose...

• 5 Taste the Caribbean with rum cocktail recipes
  Often originally known as the drink of pirates, the modern day rum now holds a much more refined fame amongst mixologists and cocktail fans. No longer swigged from a bottle or poached by the barrel,...

• 6 'Tis the season to be bubbly: Guide to the best festive fizz
  Its satisfying pop is guaranteed to get a party started and the lively little bubbles add a touch of festive sparkle to any occasion. And with supermarkets offering astonishingly good deals...

• 7 Perfect winter warmers: Hot toddies and mulled wine
  When it's cold and dark outside, there's nothing better than to curl up on the sofa with a steaming hot drink to warm you up from the inside out. But we're not just talking about the classic British...

• 8 Sloe-ly does it: Distill your own sloe gin at home
  With the festive season fast approaching, we've been thinking about stocking up our drinks cabinets with winter warmers. And it seems that sloe gin is just the tipple. Sloe berries grow on blackthorn...

• 9 Sloe Gin Negroni Cocktail
  Dish type: Cocktail Serves 2 Ingredients 40ml Martini Rosso 30ml Sipsmith Sloe Gin 20ml Campari Method Combine ingredients in an empty mixing glass. Stir. Pour into tumblers or rocks glasses filled...

• 10 Sloe Gin Fizz Champagne Cocktail
  Dish type: Cocktail The Sloe Gin Champagne Fizz is delicious and simple to make Serves 1 Ingredients 25ml sloe gin 25ml fresh-squeezed lemon juice (half a lemon) 1 egg white Champagne or other...

• 11 Hop around the UK for the best of British beers
  Having been around for hundreds of years, our breweries produce flavoursome ales, bitters, and beers diverse in taste, that make a delightful change from wine or spirits. We look at three regions...

• 12 Sipping on sunshine: the perfect summer cocktail collection
  Cocktails are the perfect way to add a bit of spritz and glamour to a balmy summer evening. Fortunately the days of Piña Coladas adorned with glacé cherries and paper umbrellas are long...

• 13 Top tipples for Christmas
  Christmas, so they say, is the time to be merry. But with an endless selection of beverages to choose from in the supermarkets and off licenses it can be difficult to know which drinks are the best to...

• 14 Milkshake madness
  Ingredients (makes 1) 3 large scoops of good quality vanilla ice cream 3 Oreo Cookies 125ml full fat milk Method Bash up the Oreo Cookies with a rolling pin and place in the beaker of...

• 15 Blood orange cosmopolitan
  Ingredients (Makes 4) 160ml good quality vodka, such as Chase 60ml Cointreau or Triple Sec 160ml blood orange juice (freshly squeeze is best) Juice of 1 lime Method Shake all the...

• 16 Eat, drink and be lovely
  Although it may seem the done thing to dine-out on Valentine’s Day, bucking the trend and cooking at home can be as good a show of affection as anything. More so, in fact, given the extra effort...

• 17 Eat, drink and be lovely
  Although it may seem the done thing to dine-out on Valentine’s Day, bucking the trend and cooking at home can be as good a show of affection as anything. More so, in fact, given the extra effort...

• 18 New Year's Eve cocktail magic
  What better way to get your New Year’s Eve party off to a cracking start than mixing up some cracking cocktails? Check out these two top tipples from top London cocktail bar Zebrano and have a go...

• 19 Christmas Time, Mistletoe and Wine
  And sherry, port, bubbly... Whether it’s to set your turkey off to perfection or to add some sparkle to a family gathering, wine is an important part of any Christmas celebration. You also don’t...

• 20 Healthier cocktails
  Admittedly – alcohol is never going to be healthy, but given the new range of exotic and health-boosting fruit drinks out there at least we can do a little good while being a little bad. Here,...