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As we draw towards Winter, you may find yourself looking for comforting spirits to put some fire in you and keep the frost at bay. Why not think of the Caribbean as you do it too, to maintain that mental warming image. It was around this time last October that this very thought occurred to me as I sat on a Barbadian beach dreading the return to the UK. Time for a rum tour to get stocks for the chilly homecoming! Now, Barbados is spoilt for choice on rum tours with Mount Gay being the most…

By Master of Wine, Christopher Burr 17/01/2022 Robert (or Rabbie) Burns the great Scottish poet, lyricist and author was born on 25th January 1759 and author of such well-known lyrics as "Auld Lang Syne", and "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose," and poems like "Tam o'Shanter", "A man's a man for a' that," and of course the "Address to a Haggis". Whist Burns was clearly brilliant, he is not without controversy as he was clearly a heavy drinker, and also fathered many illegitimate…