M y first drink was when I was just 14 years old. It was a small bottle of warm Babycham on New Year’s Eve at my neighbours’ house – and it made me sick. I never touched Babycham again.

Why I let my kids drink wine. Chris Harrison Opinion Editor. October 22, 2022 — 5.00am. October 22, 2022 — 5.00am. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later.

After a pub received criticism for refusing to serve a child her soft drink in a champagne flute because it could ‘encourage her to drink’, wine expert Rosamund Hall asks: why don’t we trust ...

Drinking has changed. And nowhere has it changed more than at my house. My 22-year old drinks like a pharmaceutical sales rep testing the limits of her first expense account.

Most states currently don't have age limits for buying zero-proof beverages that look and taste like beer, wine and liquor. But some researchers argue they could be a gateway into drinking for kids.

Even light drinking -- one glass a week, or less than half a glass a day -- reduced heart risk by 38%, results showed. However, these benefits evaporated in people who had more than one glass of ...