A sweet peach liqueur at 15 to 20 percent - not a brandy, not for sipping, and the whole reason a Fuzzy Navel tastes like anything. Both litre bottles on our shelf are under fifteen dollars. What the difference is, the four drinks worth making, and why German schnapps is a completely different thing.

No - grenadine is pomegranate syrup at zero percent alcohol, and a Shirley Temple is safe for a six-year-old. What real grenadine is made of, why the cheap stuff is just corn syrup and dye, and the six mixers under nine dollars that do the most for your drinks.

Seven Rashi bottles from $7.99 to $19.99, running from 5 percent alcohol to 11 percent. Two are Italian and four are from New York State, the Claret is semi-dry where everything else is sweet, and only some of them are kosher for Passover. The whole range in order, and which one belongs on your table.

Three Beluga bottles on our shelf at $32.99, $54.99 and $119.99 - same Siberian distillery, same malted barley, same 40 percent. What changes is resting time and one unusual ingredient. Why Noble is the one to buy, what the maple in Allure actually does, and what the $119.99 wax-sealed Gold Line is really for.

Chateau Maime makes two kosher Cotes de Provence roses twenty dollars apart, and the deciding difference is not the price - the $19.99 Collection is mevushal and the $39.99 is not. What each one tastes like, which table each belongs on, and why pale Provence rose is drier than most white wine.

Sancerre is a place, not a grape - a hill town in the eastern Loire where white must be Sauvignon Blanc and pink must be Pinot Noir. What Caillottes, Terres Blanches and Silex do to the flavour, why it tastes like wet stone, how it differs from New Zealand, and the three kosher Sancerre on our shelf from $29.99.

Old No. 7 comes in 750ml, 1 litre and 1.75 litre, and the middle bottle is the worst deal of the three - the litre costs more per ounce than the standard bottle. Every size, every price, how many pours are in each, what the sugar-maple charcoal actually does, and a straight answer on the kosher question.

Mezcal is not tequila. The agave is roasted in a pit in the ground rather than steamed, and that is where the smoke comes from. Four bottles on our shelf from $34.99 to $89.99 - El Silencio, Del Maguey Vida, Rosaluna and Casamigos - what separates them, and which one to start with.

Grey Goose comes in 750ml, 1 litre and 1.75 litre, and the prices are not proportional. Worked out per ounce, the litre and the handle cost exactly the same and the 750 costs 17 percent more. Every size, every price, how many drinks are in each, and what the same money buys elsewhere.

Green bottle, red seal, and a recipe of exactly four botanicals - juniper, coriander, angelica and licorice. What London Dry actually means, why a London gin is distilled in Scotland, what the 750ml costs, and how it stacks up against Hendrick's and the rest of our gin shelf.

Hana is flavoured sake - real rice-brewed sake with fruit added and the alcohol pulled down to about eight percent, half the strength of wine. How the lychee, fuji apple and raspberry differ, how to serve it, what to eat with it, and why lychee sake is not the same drink as lychee wine.

French labels say a place, not a grape, which is the only thing that makes them look hard. Bordeaux means cabernet and merlot, Sancerre means sauvignon blanc, Cotes de Provence means dry pink. The full kosher French shelf from $12.99 to $399.99, and what to buy at every price.