My life's a little different as at Gaucho we don't have traditional sommeliers as our waiters don't just take food orders, they are all trained in advising about wine.
Read more...Looking for a new wine to plug a regional or stylistic gap on your shelves? Taste aims to help, by featuring medal winners from the International Wine Challenge's Discovery Tasting.
Read more...Artisan is a café and restaurant that caters towards the arty people of Lewes, of which there are a fair few in the quaintly alternative town that nestles on the South Downs.
Read more...The Champagne trade is wrestling with a vital decision about fixing the maximum permitted yield for the 2009 harvest against a background of collapsing export sales in the first half of the year, mounting stocks and falling prices.
Read more...PLB has pledged to make its purchase of HwCg's assets as smooth as possible for customers and staff of the failed agency.
Read more...Established in 1998, VIA Wines is based in the San Rafael sub-region of Chile's Maule Valley. VIA Wines produces innovative wines with good expression of terroir, targeted at international consumers. VIA Wines currently owns over 1000 hectares of vineyard in the Maule, Curicó, Colchagua, and Casablanca valleys.
Read more...As a backlash against the movement towards the Pan-Asian food culture Geoffrey Leong is on a quest to bring the true taste of Taiwan to London with his newest venture, Keelung.
Read more...Much has happened since joining One Aldwych in 2007. The first objective I set for myself was to completely review the wine lists in all the hotel's outlets, namely its two restaurants Axis and Indigo, as well as the Lobby Bar and room service. I created new, separate lists for Axis and Indigo with a vision to be modern, innovative and approachable.
Read more...Twelve of Australia's top wineries have banded together in a world-wide marketing effort to buff up the country's tarnished image in the wine trade.
Read more...Pernod Ricard New Zealand, owner of the Montana brand, is turning its back on buying Chardonnay grapes due to a slump in demand, the company has confirmed.
Umbrella brand Sud de France has launched a new competition to find the Sud de France UK Sommelier of the Year.
Read more...Anyone who is anyone in the drinks or restaurant trade has been influenced by St John. But, as Terry Gulliver tells Gavin Haynes, wine is as much of a passion as food is for him and his co-founder Fergus Henderson, the men behind HG Wines.
Read more...The highlight of the month was undoubtedly the sale of four half-bottles of Chåteau d'Yquem to one table. The bottle price ranged from £300-£600 depending on the vintage. The guests couldn't agree on which vintage they preferred - so they chose four different ones.
Read more...Sir Terence Conran may have sold his interest in Conran Restaurants, but his latest venture with Peter Prescott in their new mini-empire of two features a couple of familiar faces.
Read more...A flurry of activity, mostly generated by customer demand for innovation, has seen several new closures on the market, both for premium and high volume wines. TCA has given way to OTR, new stoppers have been brought out for sparking wines, and marketeers are getting back on the act as closure choice becomes a way to differentiate brands.
Read more...Harpers Wine & Spirit is launching a major new on-trade initiative at The Restaurant Show 2009.
Read more...The most radical reform of EU wine law for more than a generation came into force this week amid widespread concerns that European winemakers and governments are unprepared to take full advantage of the new legislation.
Read more...With rosé in double-digit growth and bucking the general slowing-down of wine growth in the UK, it seems everyone is keen to jump on the pink bandwagon. Producers are speedily bringing out new wines, and both the on and off-trades are cashing in on the public's seemingly insatiable demand for the stuff.
Read more...New Taste: Keep your finger on the pulse of what's new out on the market
Read more...Looking for a new wine to plug a regional or stylistic gap on your shelves? First Taste aims to help, with the first in a series of features looking at medal winners from the International Wine Challenge's Discovery Tasting. The competition features the best new wines from around the world that are looking for representation, with each undergoing a rigorous tasting by an expert judging panel. First up, a focus on Austria.
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