Spectator Events

The Spectator & Boisdale’s Summer Cigar Party🥃

We were delighted to welcome over a hundred guests to The Spectator’s venerable headquarters in Westminster last week to celebrate ci**rs, fine wine, rare malt whiskies, and enjoy a sumptuous seasonal canapé supper prepared by Boisdale.

Each guest enjoyed a selection of Davidoff ci**rs, rare limited-edition Duncan Taylor Collection malt whiskies, and delicious Santa Rita wines. The beautifully prepared canapés were the perfect accompaniment to this elegant evening.

Thank you to Boisdale Restaurants and to everyone who joined us! If you’d like to join us at a future Spectator Club event, head to club.spectator.co.uk.

⚽️🍾Ahead of The Spectator Summer Party on Wednesday evening, we kicked off the celebrations with a World Cup Watch Party in partnership with Sky Bet

More than 70 guests joined us at our private members’ club to watch England’s dramatic victory over DR Congo, enjoying drinks, lively conversation and all the emotional highs and lows that come with a World Cup knockout match.

Among those in attendance were Camilla Tominey, Nick Robinson, Mike Martin MP, Victoria Atkins MP, Rachel Johnson, Isabel Oakeshott, Richard Tice MP and many more.

A huge thank you to Sky Bet Flutter UK & Ireland for partnering with us and helping make this year’s Summer Party celebrations even more memorable.

🍾🥂In celebration of English Wine Week, last night twelve brilliant British wineries along with 65 readers joined drinks editor, Jonathan Ray, in the garden of 22 Old Queen Street for our inaugural Spectator English Wine Festival.

A fabulous occasion enjoyed by all with lashings of cold fizz and refreshing still wines on show.

Roll on next year!

A massive thanks to Ambriel Sparkling (West Sussex), Artelium Wine Estate (East Sussex), (Kent), Everflyht (East Sussex), Exton Park (Hampshire), GUSBOURNE (Kent), The Grange (Hants), HERBERT HALL WINERY (Kent), Hoffmann & Rathbone (East Sussex), Simpsons Wine Estate (Kent), Squerryes since 1731 (Kent), Sugrue South Downs (East Sussex) and Tuffon Hall (Essex)