The Correctional Services committee faces scrutiny after members reportedly left a R31 433 restaurant bill unpaid during a late-night KZN visit, with concerns over private company involvement and ...

Produced in Queensland from fresh cane juice and bottled at 54.5% ABV, the limited-release rum earned top honors alongside ...

For years, producers have turned to celebrity endorsements to make inroads in the American market. But as sales lag, it’s not enough. Cognac is almost entirely dependent on foreign ...

At the 2025 Beverage Testing Institute brandy judging, Courvoisier’s 30 Year XO Royal took top honors as Best Cognac. Eight other gold medals were awarded across the field. Courvoisier dominated the ...

Work on a new Top Shelf liquor store nears completion, as workers set up inside on Tuesday to polish the concrete floor. Outside the store, located in the 6500 block of Godfrey Road, workers are ...

Cognac producers have at least one thing to toast in July. After a months-long dumping investigation into European brandy, the Chinese government announced that 34 producers—including the three ...

The Cognac region was at its autumnal best: Indian summer sunshine, the dark green vine leaves contrasting with the bleached chalk soils of the pristine Grande Champagne vineyards, a bumper crop of ...

It’s strange to be surrounded by vines, flame-coloured and curling as autumn progresses, but sampling seemingly everything except wine. It’s even stranger, seeing as I’m in France. However, the ...

Prices for the rarest cognacs still lag those for Scotch whisky. The collectable market for the latter boomed during the era of ultra-low interest rates and, in any case, the whisky market is quite a ...

Tasting glasses of Cognac. Credit: barmalini/ Shutterstock. Cognac export revenues slid more than 10% in 2024, primarily due to the challenges the sector is facing in China, trade-body figures show.

Elf on the Shelf has become a popular holiday tradition over the past 19 years. Parents often go to great lengths to create elaborate and sometimes outrageous scenes, from elves getting into mischief ...

Christmas is less than one month away and silly, sneaky little elves are starting to appear in children's home. A holiday tradition for many families around the world, it is indeed Elf on the Shelf ...