Cinco de Mayo (May 5) is a Mexican holiday commemorating the triumph of the country’s soldiers over French troops in 1862. It is sometimes confused with Mexico’s Independence Day but is always a good opportunity to get together with friends and family for some tasty cocktails. NUVO has compiled a list of the three best cocktails to toast the occasion.

While it is now possible to enjoy a delicious tequila-based cocktail at your favourite bar, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t add a few bottles to your home liquor cabinet. Here are six of the best on the market.

In recent years, a few select establishments have upped the ante by selling their own custom spirits in collaboration with classic marques. These special libations are worth the trip in themselves, from one of the most exclusive tequilas to a $5,000 bottle of Scotch.

If you are looking for the perfect present for the spirits lover in your life, this gift guide has you covered. It includes something for everyone’s taste, from limited releases to fancy cognacs and beyond.

Call it nostalgia or maybe just a need for people to go back to a time when things were less uncertain (i.e., before the pandemic), but the love for this once highly popular cocktail is reaching a new fever pitch.

With the announcement of a multiyear deal that also covers the Women’s National Basketball Association and USA Basketball, the French cognac house has become the official spirit of the NBA.

Until a few years ago, many women were still facing discrimination from record label executives and fellow male musicians. As a result, many never got the complete respect they deserved. Such is the case of Sylvia Robinson.

Here are some middle-shelf and top-shelf Canadian whisky picks that you most definitely need to add to your home bar.

The Canadian whisky category is not just confined to the bottom shelf and is a surprisingly diverse category that too often goes unnoticed by most whisky drinkers.

Despite the challenges of 2020, many specialists predict that global volume sales for spirits will set a new record this year, mostly thanks to new distilleries making subtle differences to switch things up.

For true believers and real collectors, the ultimate kick comes from getting their hands on incredibly hard-to-find bottlings.