I leave the beer to my other half as I don't like the stuff: he prefers IPAs and Blondes! (I'm a red-head!)

Cider is my delight, almost anything in the Aspall range or Thatcher's Katy (not too much as it's STRONG!) Not keen on bottled Magner's or any of those Kopparbergs: all too sweet, and as for flavoured "fruit cider" - why ruin a good cider by putting blackcurrant or raspberry into it?? Some pubs in Edinburgh now doing Somersby on draught, which is better than Strongbow or Magner's Golden Draught. Sad that we cider drinkers get so little choice of draught ciders in pubs (none at all in some) while there may be rows and rows of draught ale pumps!

Wines: prefer white, French or S hemisphere, excluding oaky Australians. N Zealand Sauvignon or unoaked Chardonnay will do me fine. Partial to Viognier either as single grape or in various combinations.

Whisky: not keen on a lot of smoke/peat, so would avoid some versions of Laphroaig, Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Lagavulin, Talisker, etc. I do like Highland Park (Orkney), Glenkinchie, Glenmorangie, Bruichladdich, and for cask strength, A Bunadh (Aberlour, Speyside distillery).