You toast one another, you ‘cheers’, you clink ... a glass to one another before drinking originated with the Romans and the Greeks (surprise, surprise), who used to offer wine to their ...

A: MUCH nonsense has been written about this being something to do with chasing out evil spirits or spilling wine into each other's glass to show you are not poisoning them. But clinking glasses ...

Drinking lore suggests that the sound of clinking glasses drives away any evil spirits in the wine; other experts believe it developed as a way to preserve contact during celebration, since people ...

Oh, do I need to add more? Okay, this annual event is celebrated in the US on 25 May in honour of that great grape-flavoured beverage. Coincidentally, 25 May is also my birthday, so there is much ...