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Fine Expressions - premium drinks magazine
by Tom Cannavan, 10/05



Fine Expressions is the new bi-monthly magazine with an in-depth focus on fine wine, but also covering the world of Scotch whisky, premium drinks, food and travel. Cover price is £3.95, and I am the magazine's Editor.


    Issue three includes a focus on Bordeaux, including a beginners guide, best value recommendations, and an investigation into the slump in demand for "en primeurs". Plus there are in-depth articles on glassware innovations, the wines of Ben Glaetzer, wines with game and the International Wine and Spirit Competition Sparkling Wine awards for 2005. There are recommendations, opinion columns, wine news and reviews.

We also look at Belgian beers with a guide to styles and recommended brews, plus a profile of the Trappist brothes of Chimay. We look at matching Saké to the flavours of Umami, and recommend three of our favourite restaurants with rooms, where bed is only a footstep away. We investigate the world of ultra-premium vodkas, and whisky features in issue three include articles on Bruichladdich, Bladnoch and the miracle of maturation. There are fascinating articles on taking a malt whisky tasting extravaganza to the Glastonbury music festival, and an investigation into the quality of supermarket malts.

The magazine is published six times per year, and subscribers enjoy seven issues for the price of six, plus free UK delivery.

During October there is a very special incentive: subscribe before October 30th and you will be entered into a prize draw: one subscriber will win two tickets to the International Wine and Spirits Competition Awards Banquet in London's Guildhall. You and your guest will enjoy a five-course dinner accompanied by award-winning wines and spirits. National and international trophies will be awarded during the banquet to a who's who of the wine and spirit world. Each ticket is worth £164.50, so the prize is worth £329. You can read more about the Banquet here.
  

Click the link below to subscribe, or phone the hotline on 08707 52 77 50.

UK SUBSCRIBERS:
7 Issues for the price of 6 = £23.70 (P&P free).

EU SUBSCRIBERS:
7 Issues for the price of 6 = £31.80 (P&P included).

US & REST OF THE WORLD SUBSCRIBERS:
7 Issues for the price of 6 = £41.00 (P&P included).

Single issues may be purchased online for £4 including delivery to UK addresses, and there is a list of retail stockists here.

Fine Expressions web site has some extracts from issue three, plus lengthy extracts from issues one and two. I hope you enjoy reading the magazine as much as I enjoy editing it.



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ISSUE FOUR - DECEMBER/ JANUARY 2006, released NOVEMBER
· Rioja versus Ribera del Duero - and smart buys
· Focus on IWSC Spanish winners
· John Livingstone-Learmouth's Rhone choices
· Michael karam focuses on the Lebanon
· Christmas recipies, sparkling, sweet and fortified wines
· Gifts for wine lovers - glassware, corkscrews, coolers, books, etc.
· Cocktails - Susy Atkins
· Do Rum Rum Andrew Catchpole on distinctive rums
· Winemaker turned chocolate maker? · What's in the shops for Christmas
· Campbeltown Revival?
· Cask Finishing - Does it improve or distract?
· Very old whiskies - distillery bottlings of 30 y olds
· Whiskies for Christmas - half a dozen categories
· Innis & Gunn beers