Metro's Drinks Editor unwraps the best of British alcohol-related gifts for Christmas 2024 – including sparkling wines, vermouth, and books.
Looking for the perfect gift for your drinks loving pal? Look no further… Believe it or not, globally, anything British has a reputation for being classy and refined. Forget sozzled Brits scrapping around town on a Saturday night, because through the eyes of the world we’re a nation of James Bonds’ and Mary Poppins’. Give or take a few football hooligans and Boris Johnson, that is.
com 58 & Co Bianco Vermouth, A collaboration between 58 and Co London distillery and a luxury English box wine producer, Laylo. How so? Well, they repurpose the ‘past it’s best’ Pinot Grigio, fortify it and infuse it with botanicals. See, the owner of 58 and Co distillery, Carmen O’Neal, hates waste. In fact, I was at a dinner with her when she asked the waiter for a doggie bag for the unused jalapeño peppers to make into spicy margaritas.
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