Red or White?

Higher earners drink more than people in routine jobs and could be harming themselves despite boozing at levels considered socially acceptable. Study released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has found that the most regular drinkers are those in professional jobs, with 69.5% of professionals reported having drunk in the last week, compared with 51.2% of people in routine or manual occupations. When looking at income, 78.9% of those earning more than £40,000 reported having drunk in the last week, as opposed to 46.5% of those earning less than £10,000. It’s also likely, noted the ONS, that people underestimated their alcohol...

Craft-brewers are increasingly adding grapes to their creations – and using wine barrels in the process, too Grape or grain, but never the twain,” goes the old saying, but brewers no longer seem to care. In a craft-beer world where no ingredient is off the menu – even really disgusting ones such as beard yeast or peanut butter – grapes have become an increasingly common addition to the brewing process. It’s not new – Cantillon, a Belgian producer of lambic ales, has been using grapes since the 1970s – but it is more popular than ever. And it is not just grapes: brewers use wine...