Winetraders Portfolio Tasting, Hallgarten Druitt Annual Tasting, Maisons, Marques et Domaines Portfolio Tasting, Mentzendorff Portfolio Tasting, Australia Day Tastings and Pol Roger Portfolio Tasting.
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L'Anima's Gal Zohar examines the reasons why Piedmont's culinary tradition and changes in winemaking techniques are inextricably interwoven.
Read more...Wine merchants and producers are facing a year of spiralling bad debt as increasing numbers of restaurants go bust, leaving them with unpaid bills.
Read more...The first issue of the newly merged Harpers Wine & Spirit Trades Review was revealed to the UK drinks industry this week following the acquisition of Harpers by William Reed Business Media in November last year.
Read more...The SITT (Specialist Importers Trade Tasting) brochure is now available on-line.
Read more...When compared to currencies like the euro and the dollar, the value of the pound has crashed over the past few months. Les Caves de Pyrene's Doug Wregg looks at the implications for your wine list.
Read more...Ronan Sayburn quit his job as Gordon Ramsay's head sommelier to go and travel the world. Now he's back in London, heading up the wine team at The Greenhouse. He tells us how his twin inspirations are Hugh Johnson and Gérard Basset, and why a wine-mad restaurateur makes a great boss for any passionate sommelier
Read more...A customer recently asked me whether we would allow them to bring in a bottle of their own wine - and that's when I realised that we don't have any kind of corkage policy at my restaurant. What are the pros and cons of allowing people to bring their own bottles, and how should I go about working out an appropriate corkage charge?
Read more...Viña Errazuriz has launched its first wine from Chile's new Aconcagua Costa region.
Read more...Australia's ongoing grape glut will see wine producers and growers go out of business despite the reduction of this year's crop by the record heatwave, according to John Angove.
Read more...Liberty Wines Annual Portfolio Tasting, London, 20 January 2009
Read more...Profits, margins and customer service were the clarion call for the on-trade at this week's Wine + show held at London's Olympia.
Read more...Merchants are likely to struggle with their 2007 Burgundy en primeur offers as the strong euro and lower yields force up prices. Prices for the vintage, which has had a mixed response from commentators and buyers, are up by as much as 20% on 2006, leading some merchants to delay their offers until later in the year.
Read more...Rosé sales will be the powerhouse in the UK wine market over the next five years, according to research commissioned by Vinexpo.
Read more...The IWC Library Collection is a newly developed competition that focuses on 5 and 10 year old wines. This category is integral in the development of greater wine awareness and will help expose wines that benefit and reward consumers with patience. The results represent a wide variety of wines from around the world expressing true ageability. The Library Collection is unique as it demonstrates the merits of premium aged wine and encourages the consumer to invest in wines with cellaring potential.
To view the wines that achieved 85 out of 100 or higher visit: http://www.internationalwinechallenge.com/competitionpage1.aspx
Read more...Times may be tough, but the only way you'll get through 2009 in one piece is by being straight with your supplier, however bad the news, argues Hakkasan's Christine Parkinson.
Read more...Winemaker Miguel Torres is not only one of Spain's most respected winemakers, he's also one of its most innovative. Widely credited with being a modernising force, bringing the use of stainless steel, vine trellising systems and international grape varieties to his home country, he's also been keen to explore further afield and has invested in vineyards in Chile and California. He tells us why, these days, his focus is on climate change, the deregulation of winemaking and the importance of shooting your own dinner.
Read more...Times may be tough, but the only way you'll get through 2009 in one piece is by being straight with your supplier, however bad the news, argues Hakkasan's Christine Parkinson
You're a restaurateur. You sell wine. If your wine supplier cuts off your supply you'll be running a BYO. That's the dilemma facing cash-stricken restaurants up and down the country in 2009 as the credit crunch takes hold. The painful irony is that both restaurant and supplier are more likely to go under if they stop doing business with each other. Unfortunately, covers will drop at many bars and restaurants, leading to payment difficulties. The words 'your account is on stop' will be repeated so often that a parrot could man the phone lines. You can hardly blame suppliers for being jittery: it's bad enough not getting paid when a customer becomes bankrupt, but it's so much worse if they owe an extra three months' money.
Times may be tough, but the only way you'll get through 2009 in one piece is by being straight with your supplier, however bad the news, argues Hakkasan's Christine Parkinson
You're a restaurateur. You sell wine. If your wine supplier cuts off your supply you'll be running a BYO. That's the dilemma facing cash-stricken restaurants up and down the country in 2009 as the credit crunch takes hold. The painful irony is that both restaurant and supplier are more likely to go under if they stop doing business with each other. Unfortunately, covers will drop at many bars and restaurants, leading to payment difficulties. The words 'your account is on stop' will be repeated so often that a parrot could man the phone lines. You can hardly blame suppliers for being jittery: it's bad enough not getting paid when a customer becomes bankrupt, but it's so much worse if they owe an extra three months' money.
Even without taking the recession into account, things tend to be slow at this time of year. Can I use promotions to increase turnover (and profit) in my restaurant? If so, how should I go about it and what are the key pitfalls I should be aware of?
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