27 NOVEMBER 1976, page 22

Wine And Food

Problems and pleasures of champagne Geoffrey Wheatcroft Hilaire Belloc drank champagne 'to raise me from the dead, a thing I need constantly' and of all drinks it provides......

Wintertime Drinking

Pamela Vandyke Price Perhaps the saintly can withstand the rigours of the winter solstice and the intersib stress of family reunions without alcohol—but I don't know anyone else......