Published: 02 February, 2017
Hallgarten (HDN) wines has announced a structural change of ownership with the company now owned directly by the Pieroth family of Burg Layen in Germany. The wine wholesaler based in Luton, was until December, a subsidiary of the Pieroth's family's holding company WIV Wein International.
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Published: 05 October, 2016
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Published: 03 October, 2016
London restaurant chain M Restaurant has raised over half of its crowdfunding campaign target in under four hours, bringing the total up to £900,000.
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Published: 29 September, 2016
M Restaurant group is looking to add a third site called M SOCIAL as well as expand the use of the some of the current space at the M Threadneedle site and plans to finance the expansion by raising £1.5m on the Seedrs crowd-funding platform.
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Published: 13 September, 2016
At yesterday's annual Great Sherry Tasting, the category seems to be making head way, particularly in the UK on-trade as sommeliers and Michelin starred chefs sampled nearly 200 Sherries being poured.
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Published: 31 August, 2016
With new openings driving fierce competition, hitting the ground running with a well-honed drinks list is key. But how is it done?
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Published: 08 August, 2016
An innovative video learning platform for MW hopefuls has reached a global audience since being launched by Tim Wildman MW.
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Published: 03 August, 2016
The "world's first" wine app which sets out to put a "sommelier in your pocket" is launching in partnership with its first restaurant this week.
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Lukasz Walkowiak, sommelier at Oxo Tower, has been named the Wines of Portugal Wine Quest winner 2016.
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The role of sommelier has fast evolved in our ever more competitive and casual dining era and are in high demand across the UK.
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New Zealand Winegrowers is offering three sommeliers from the UK and Ireland the chance to take part in an invite-only sommelier scholarship event in New Zealand.
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Terry Kandylis from London's 67 Pall Mall has been awarded the 2016 Moët UK Sommelier of the Year title.
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Published: 19 April, 2016
Spain has become the country of choice for one Canadian sommelier working in the UK.
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Published: 06 April, 2016
The twelve semi-finalists who have made it through to the penultimate round of the Moët UK Sommelier of the Year competition have been announced.
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Published: 06 April, 2016
Wines of South Africa's triennial Sommelier Cup competition is now accepting entries as the organisation strives to boost on-trade sales.
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Published: 01 April, 2016
New research into the psychology of drink selection in the on-trade puts the focus firmly on customer needs
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Published: 17 March, 2016
Champagne Ruinart has announced the details of its Ruinart Challenge 2016, aimed at identifying the most talented young sommeliers from around the world.
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Published: 10 February, 2016
Smaller drinks lists, coupled with the trend towards more casual dining, is favouring consultants over sommeliers
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Published: 08 January, 2016
Perception is everything in the battle of the elite drinks purveyors, so it's about time we factored "cool" into wine's appeal, says Christopher Cooper
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Published: 09 December, 2015
From sipping tequila to shorter wine lists, Douglas Blyde asked leading figures in the on-trade what trends they predict will lead the way in 2016
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