Frenchman André Dubonnet scored six aerial victories as a pilot during World War I, only to continue by racing Bugattis and Hispano Suizas throughout the peacetime that followed. As an inventor, he ...

Chances are good that, at the recent wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Queen Elizabeth II enjoyed a glass or two of Dubonnet. The sweet, wine-based aperitif, mixed with gin, has long been a ...

Dubonnet was invented in 1846 by a Parisian wine merchant and chemist called Sir Joseph Dubonnet, who combined fortified red wine with a secret combination of herbs and spices. Like tonic water, ...

One feeling writing this column for five and a half years has stirred in me – besides a more-than-slight disbelief that it’s gone on for five and half years – is an appreciation for the classic bar ...

A rare 1938 Hispano-Suiza H6B Dubonnet Xenia was recognized for its unique beauty for the second time in six years. Part of the Mullin Automotive Museum collection, the Dubonnet Xenia was awarded the ...

Obscure spirits become obscure for many obscure reasons. But there may be no bottle more enigmatic than Dubonnet. Its strange journey from popularity to obscurity begins with malaria, involves the ...

Fans have rushed to get the aperitive beloved by the royal family after it was granted their seal of approval last week. Dubonnet, a French wine-based aperitive, has long be beloved by the Queen ...

As regal demands go, it was a remarkably modest one: could one, perhaps, have a little tipple of Dubonnet and gin during luncheon at the cricket? But the Queen's request ahead of her visit to Lord's ...

The Queen's love of Dubonnet had staff at Lord's cricket ground frantically searching for a bottle ahead of her attendance at the Second Ashes Test. Apart from Her Majesty, who still drinks Dubonnet?