Drinks

Do you love that first mug of coffee in the morning, a refreshing lemonade on a hot summer day, or a glass of excellent red wine to accompany a meal? F&W's guide to drinks features everything you need for a good sip. From seasonal cocktails to indulgent hot chocolates, our extensive archive of recipes will keep you inspired—and your thirst quenched—when you want to make drinks at home. There are also tips from our F&W experts on how to pair your drinks with food. For travelers (or even if you want to see what's new in your neighborhood), we've included our picks for where to drink across the globe. Always wanted to learn more about your favorite drink? Read our in-depth guides to beer styles, wine regions, types of tea and more.
Champagne Cocktails
The Champagne Cocktail
1 mins
Mulled wine with apple, cinnamon and clove, in two glasses and on a green table.
The 6 Best Red Wines for Mulled Wine
The Sneaky Pete cocktail on a striped coaster and green marble tray.
The 6 Best Amaretto Cocktails to Try Right Now
Various bottles of sparkling wine on ice and a few glasses on a countertop.
9 Sparkling Wines That Taste Like a Hundred Bucks — but Cost Less Than $30
The Sneaky Pete cocktail on a striped coaster and green marble tray.
Sneaky Pete
3 mins
Bottles of 2013 Champagne Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé, 2022 Anselmo Mendes Contacto Alvarinho, 2021 Hirsch Vineyards Raschen Ridge Pinot Noir, 2022 Girolamo Russo A’ Rina Etna Rosso, and 2021 Greywacke Marlborough Wild Sauvignon on a bordered yellow background.
Our 15 Best Wines of 2024, From a $20 Alvarinho to a Priceless Port
Tom and Jerry
10 Holiday Cocktails From Around the World
White Glögg in glass mugs and in a white cast iron dutch oven.
Swedish White Glögg
1 day 1 hr 25 mins
Citrus flavored Houseplant THC Soda.
Seth Rogen Launched a Flavored Sparkling Water — and You Can Probably Guess What's in It
Bottles of French wines for gifting.
15 Wines to Bring to a Party That Will Impress the Wine Snobbiest of Hosts
Godfather Cocktail in a rocks glass against a brown background
Godfather
2 mins
Blackberry-Shiso Red Wine Spritz
From a Dirty Martini Spritz to a Japanese Lemon Sour, These Are the Best New Cocktails of 2024
Jim Beam Double Oak Twice Barreled, Wild Turkey 101, Evan Williams Bottled in Bond, Benchmark Full Proof
The 7 Best Bourbons Under $25, According to Bartenders
Bottles of cognac and in glasses
7 Cognacs for Sipping, Mixing Into Cocktails, and Gifting, From $50 to $700
Espresso Martini
Espresso Martini
2 mins
An old vine at Dzon Merjanian Vineyards with a view of the sunset behind the mountains.
Armenia Is Producing Some of the World’s Most Interesting Wines — If You Can Find Them
Various bottles of red, white and rosé wines on a table top while a glass of red wine is being poured.
14 Red, White, and Rosé Wines for $25 or Less to Seek Out This Season
Bottles of Great Jones Bourbon, Keeper’s Heart Irish + American Blend, Sagamore Spirit Small Batch Rye and a hand holding a hot toddy on a mustard colored background.
These Are the Best Whiskeys for a Hot Toddy, According to Bartenders
WhistlePig The Boss Hog XI: The Juggernaut, Russell’s Reserve 15, Hibiki 40
Whiskey Experts Recommend These 8 New Limited Edition Bottles for Gifting
Drinks, a card and mugs on the bar.
Top Hosting Tips From the World's Most Famous Holiday-Themed Cocktail Bar Pop-up
Le Perle Jule Cidre Brut, Astarbe Sagardotegia Espumosa Byhur 24, three apples, Crispin Ciders, Noble Cider Spice Merchant.
The 10 Best Hard Ciders That Are Light, Crisp and Refreshing
Corpse Reviver No. 2 cocktail in a curved coupe glass on a blue background
Corpse Reviver No. 2
2 mins
Anjou Punch
How To Properly Batch Cocktails for Holiday Entertaining
Multiple hands holding beverages around a bright pink ellipse.
How to Calculate the Amount of Alcohol Needed for a Party
Buzzed, Death & Co Bartender’s Choice, A Wine Tasting Murder
The Best Drinking Board Games for a Buzzy Night In
The interior of Nuss bar
Bangkok Bars Are Harnessing the Rising Wave of Boutique Thai Liquors
APPLE CIDER APEROL SPRITZ
Apple Cider Aperol Spritz
4 hrs 30 mins
50-50 Martini
50/50 Martini
2 mins
Faccia Brutto Nocino and Forthave Spirits Black
The 4 Best Nocino Liqueurs to Buy Right Now
Nocino at Don Angie
Homemade Nocino with Espresso Beans and Lemon
5 mins
The Don's Nocino Sour
Nocino Sour Cocktail
2 mins
A glass Nocino at Don Angie, in front of soaking green walnuts and next to an orange.
Everything You Need to Know About Nocino, an Italian Walnut Liqueur
Two bottles of wine, various succulent plants and glasses of white wine on a light wooden surface.
These Are the 15 New California Wineries You Need to Know in 2025
Colterenzio Pinot Nero, Erath Pinot Noir, Hahn Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands Estate, Inscription Pinot Noir,
The 16 Best Pinot Noirs Under $20, According to Wine Experts
Old Overholt Bottled In Bond, Wild Turkey 101 Rye, Sazerac Straight Rye
The 5 Best Rye Whiskeys Under $30, According to Bartenders
Parabolita by Firestone Walker Brewing Company, North Sky by Allagash Brewing Company, Black Swift Stout by Breakside Brewery on a blue bordered background.
The 7 Best Stouts for Warming Up This Winter
An illustration of a person looking at a guest book while at a dinner party.
A Guest Book Belongs at Your Next Dinner Party — Here's Why
Dale DeGroff with a martini and a Pisco sour.
Veteran Bartender Dale DeGroff Reveals How New York City's Rainbow Room Sparked a Cocktail Revolution
Bottles of 2022 Stoller Willamette Valley Pinot Noir and 2022 Paul Hobbs Crossbarn Pinot Noir.
8 Affordable American Pinot Noirs to Pour at Thanksgiving
Brucato Chaparral Amaro, Foro Amaro, Amaro Nonino, a Black Manhattan
Bittersweet Amaro Is the Secret to a Black Manhattan — Here Are 12 Bartender Favorites
Tamworth Distilling Garden VSOP Apple Brandy and Old Hampshire Applejack
Apple Brandy vs. Applejack: What's the Difference?
Cinnamon Old Fashioned
The 11 Best Cinnamon Drinks to Cozy Up With This Winter
Chef Stephanie Izard at the Food & Wine Charleston Classic
How Stephanie Izard Puts Together a Cocktail Party in Just One Hour
Dirty Martini
Dirty Martini
3 mins
Dried hops and a beer being poured
How Do Hops Affect Beer? A Guide to Popular Varieties and Their Flavors
Total Wines hosting roundup
A Sommelier Told Me His 8 Favorite Wines to Gift for the Holidays, Starting at $13
Craggy Range Martinborough Pinot Noir, Cooper Mountain Vineyards Pinot Noir, Château Coutet St-Émilion Grand Cru, Mayacamas Vineyards Merlot
Here's What You Need to Look for When Buying Pinot Noir and Merlot, According to Experts
Gingerbread Latte
Gingerbread Latte
5 mins
A citrus focused non-alcoholic drink on a black and white patterned table.
The 10 Best Nonalcoholic Holiday Cocktails to Celebrate the Season
Various bottles of wine and glasses on a wooden table.
To Find California's Best Wine Values, Look to These 5 Lesser-Known Regions
Cranberry Punch with Sumac
Cranberry Punch with Sumac
12 hrs 10 mins
Chicken Cock Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey, Jaywalk Straight Rye Whiskey, Off Hours Straight Rye Whiskey
The 11 Best Rye Whiskeys for an Old Fashioned
Cinnamon Old Fashioned
Cinnamon Old Fashioned
2 mins
Orange-Cinnamon Amaro Spritz
Orange-Cinnamon Amaro Spritz
2 mins
Black Manhattan cocktail in a rounded coupe glass, with maraschino cherry garnish on a metal cocktail pick
Black Manhattan
2 mins
Holiday Spritz
Holiday French 75
2 mins
Boothby
10 Sparkling Wine Cocktails for the Holidays from a French 75 to an Apple Cider Aperol Spritz
A wine bottle on the moon.
Can the Moon Affect How Your Wine Tastes? Many Biodynamic Winemakers Think So
Cinnamon Syrup
Cinnamon Syrup
1 hr 20 mins
Wines from important California grapes
If You Think You Know California Wine, You Better Know These 7 Grapes
Mírate in Los Angeles. The downstairs bar area.
The 7 Best Mezcal Bars in the U.S., According to the Experts
A map of the different scotch regions of Scotland including Speyside, Highlands, Lowlands, Islands, Islay and Campbeltown.
A Guide to Scotland's Whisky-Producing Regions
Beers superimposed onto an woodblock print of Vintage illustration of from an 18th Century Chapbook. English Folklore, Mother Shipton, Ursula Southeil an English soothsayer and prophetess. Talking with a Witch, Devil and warlock flying brooms.
Female Brewers Weren’t Accused of Witchcraft, but the Real Story Is Just as Infuriating
A Cup of coffee at a diner.
It's Time to Fall in Love With Decaf, According to These Specialty Coffee Experts
Curtis Holmes, Plant Director of Alaskan Brewing Company, opening the door to the smoked malt in their smokehouse.
What Is Smoked Beer? Here's What to Know, and 5 to Try
Boothby cocktail
Boothby
2 mins
Bottles of Buffalo Trace Sazerac 18-Year-Old Straight Rye Whiskey, Thomas H. Handy Rye Straight Rye Whiskey, George T. Stagg Straight Bourbon Whiskey, William Larue Weller Straight Wheated Bourbon, and Eagle Rare 17-Year-Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey on a bar.
The Ultimate Guide to the 2024 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection