A new monthly Drake's column on the many joys of wine by a man who knows plenty about it, Noah May, the head of wine and spirits at Christie's, recalls an accidental and impactful trip to Jerez, the ancient Andalusian home of Sherry.

The writer Harry Seymour recalls a visit to the island of Madeira, where he discovered the local drink poncha.

Tim Hayward sends a dispatch from the vineyards, food markets and dinner tables of the south of France hosted by our friends at St. JOHN.

How to make the complex rum cocktail from the beautiful isle of Martinique.

Wearing the Drake’s heavyweight linen chore coat and Mk. I Games suit, we visited Max Halley at his cult North London sandwich shop for a chat and some Fernet-Branca… oh, and a sandwich, too.

A visit to the celebrated chef's beautiful new pub and a conversation about good food, clothes, writing and what to see, eat and do on the Jurassic Coast.

Enjoyed by industrialists, old New York society and WWII aviators, this two-ingredient cocktail is an easy-to-make classic.

One Milanese barman's mistake leads to the perfect Negroni alternative.

Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver of the legendary St. JOHN restaurant invited Michael Drake and Michael Hill over for a lunch two years in the making.