For a taste straight from the heart of Brazil, nothing is purer than Sagatiba – a premium cane spirit with all the personality of Rio but with an added twist of style and sophistication. And we have the best cocktail recipes you can shake an umbrella at.

Lanson Black Label comes with its own ‘keep cool’ neoprene jacket

Tasting notes talk of strawberry and melon and that is definitely true. It’s a refreshing little number for pre-drinks and at just 8% won’t have guests too bleary before the first course, a danger with champagne.

Fuller’s will be hosting a ‘Meet the Brewer’ session with Head Brewer John Keeling, at Taste of London on Thursday 18th June from 5.30pm.

The package on my desk says ‘Pre Rain Organic Dragon Well Supreme Green Tea | Long Jing Dragon Well green tea. Picked on 1st April 2009 from Dragon’s Staff garden. The first of the year, before the Qing Ming festival.’ Blimey,this is tea with serious provenance, they could probably tell you the picker’s star sign too, if you wanted.

The Institut del Cava, the Spanish association for Cava producers, has teamed up with twenty Gastropubs across London to offer drinkers and diners the opportunity to purchase two glasses of Cava for the price of one.

In celebration of this year’s Jameson Empire Awards (29th March 2009), Jameson has created ‘No Cocktail for Old Men’ – a delicious twist on a classic mule cocktail and the perfect drink to sip in front of your favourite film.

Once upon a time the Kings Cross area was better known for wasted winos than it was for wine. It’s an indication of how things have changed to discover that vines are about to be planted here. An old piece of wasteland just behind Kings Cross could soon be producing Britain’s next breed of wine, but more importantly it is hoped it will encourage others in London to follow suit, go green and explore the possibilities of turning wasteland into fantastic food and wine producing areas.

The makers of Tanqueray® Gin have teamed up with the world’s most prestigious photo agency, Magnum photos, to offer amateur photographers the chance to win £5,000 and have their work showcased alongside Stuart Franklin, the president of Magnum and some of the world’s greatest photographers in a unique exhibition.

Come fall in love with Moti Mahal’s Golden Kiss Cocktail. On 13 and 14 February 2009, Moti Mahal, the chic Indian restaurant located in the heart of Covent Garden, will be offering the deliciously romantic cocktail. The cocktail is a floating vision of romance, as it will turn guests’ lips gold after sipping. The Golden Kiss Cocktail, priced at £9 each, is an innovative love birds special. It will combine Rémi Martin Coeur de Cognac, Chambord and rose syrup, shaken with fresh cranberry juice, lemon juice and gold flakes, and garnished with rose petals and golden passion fruit caviar pearls.