Champagne’s defining feature is undoubtedly its bubbles. But just how aggressive should they be? Peter Liem on why producers are reconsidering the standard pressure in their wines, and what it can tell us about modern champagne.

 

A former public restroom might not seem like the ideal space to open a bar, but London’s nightlife creatives are looking beyond the urinals to uncover the potential of these derelict spaces. Tyler Wetherall on the new bathroom bars.

 

A Female nude stands with a cherub on her shoulder, her head turned to share a stem of cherries with the boy in a game of fruited telephone.

 

TV is awash with shows about food and cooking. But drinking? Not so much. Kenny Herzog reports on why shows about booze have struggled to find mainstream success.

 

A couple of years ago, my wife and I had dinner at Rouge Tomate, the health- and flavor-focused New York restaurant, then on East 60th Street (now in the process of moving to Chelsea).

 

Dubai is notorious for its paradoxical drinking culture, which is equal parts prohibitionist and over-the-top.

 

In cities like San Francisco and New York, gay bars—once central to both a city’s gay community and the liberation movement itself—are in decline. Peter Lawrence Kane on where LGBT nightlife is headed.

 

Champagne Louis Roederer’s release of its first “Brut Nature” wine, adorned with a minimalist label and a narrative that reads more “grower” than Grands Marques, has cracked open a discussion about the changing identity of Champagne and its values.

 

Posted on the walls of select Parisian wine bars is the wine world’s version of a pin-up calendar—12+ months of harvesters and the winemaker posing nude at legendary natural producer Domaine Lapierre. Aaron Ayscough peels back the pages of Mathieu Lapierre’s calendar.

 

In the first installation of “People Making Drinks” Eugene Mishin, a professional bodybuilder from Russia, makes a classic Charles H. Baker cocktail, the Mexican Firing Squad.

 
 
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