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Taittinger Nocturne Sec, Champagne, France NV (from £38.10,
) After a year without its distinctive cocktail of buttoned-up suburban stuffiness and elite international sporting glamour, Wimbledon is back at last tomorrow. And (at time of writing) with up to 15,000 spectators allowed into the grounds in SW19 each day, the event’s return will be a relief to British soft-fruit producers as well as tennis fans. In a normal year, the Wimbledon crowd gets through about 200,000 portions of strawberries across the tournament’s fortnight. There are strawberries, too, in the many thousands of glasses of Pimm’s (276,291 of them in 2019, according to the Wimbledon website), although the drink that most of us associate with the fruit at Wimbledon is champagne. The official brand, since 2001, is Lanson. But I’d save a glass of that house’s very good, very bright, racy and pristine, but also really quite dry Black Label Brut NV
Summery gin, punchy vintage cider, consistent cold brew, collab beers and rebellious rum are just some of the new drinks products to be released.
Bombay Sapphire Sunset
Bombay Sapphire has added to its Special Edition series with a gin designed to cocktail creativity. Sunset is ‘inspired by the mellow heat and orange glow of the setting sun’ and combines the signature flavour of the Bombay Sapphire’s 10 botanicals with an addition of golden turmeric, Indian white cardamom, and Spanish mandarin. The gin has a slightly higher abv of 43% that the distiller says allows for a heightened concentration of spices and can be used to make drinks such as the Sunset Negroni or served with tonic and a slice of orange. Sunset is the second release in the brand’s Special Editions range and follows the launch of its English Estate expression in 2019.