Best ginger wines that are delicious to drink straight or add to cocktails
One of the most beloved and versatile spices of them all, ginger is a go-to ingredient for chefs and herbalists across the world. Far from being limited to plastic shot bottles and faux health foods in trace amounts, the culinary and medicinal power of ginger is not to be taken lightly.
The health-boosting properties of ginger are well documented. Used to treat gastrointestinal illnesses for more than 2,000 years, the zingy, invigorating and fiery root has a storied history in Asian, Indian and Arabic herbal traditions.
However, its first introduction to our humble isles was in the form of a medicinal conserve administered to King Henry III. According to anthropologist Dr Kaori O’Connor for, ginger was found in the records of King Henry III’s apothecary in 1242-43.
