Measure of a drink: Apaltagua Gran Verano Chardonnay 2017 is dry, fruity

The strength of wines varies from 9 per cent (Rieslings) all the way up to 15 per cent for some blockbuster wines, and so does the impact

Most of the time we imbibe alcoholic beverages without giving much thought to how the stuff is measured, the comparative strength of different beverages or what constitutes “safe” drinking.

One of the googlys I sometimes try out on bartenders is to ask them the difference between “a dash, a splash, a jigger and a peg”. As any self-respecting drinks jockey should know, a dash is 5-10 ml and a splash 10-20 ml; a jigger is actually just a peg measure (one side being 30 ml and the other 45 or 60 ml), while a standard peg is 30 ml and