For on-trade suppliers, getting a restaurant buyer to taste your wines can be difficult. We ask five wine buyers to tell us the approach that works best for them.
Read more...Yohann Jousselin MS, who, alongside executive head chef Daniel Galmiche (formerly of Le Gavroche), has moved the traditional goal posts to make wine the central part of the dining menu rather than the other way around. He tells us why.
Read more...Find out more about all the latest on-trade events for August and September.
Read more...Find out more about all the latest on-trade openings for September
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Read more...London sommeliers gearing up for the Olympics are concerned about how traffic congestion may not just affect deliveries, but bookings as well.
Read more...London's first 24-hour restaurant the Duck & Waffle will be aimed at bankers who work unsocial hours, the art community of Shoreditch and people wanting quality food after a night on the town.
Read more...Terry Pennington, commercial director for the UK and Ireland at Santa Rita, talks to Harpers about how the on-trade is coping in Ireland amid the euro crisis and on the back of the fall of the Celtic Tiger.
Read more...For the fifth year running, UK sommelier and pastry chef teams are being challenged to find the ultimate pairing of a Roussillon Vin Doux Naturel with their own dessert creation.
Read more...Find out more about all the latest on-trade events for July and August.
Read more...Find out more about all the latest on-trade openings for July and August.
Read more...The Sommelier of the Year competition is a great platform for sommeliers to demonstrate their skills.
Read more...Prices of English wine could begin to rise as producers attempt to stem the flow of demand on the back of celebrations.
Read more...Matching sake with the likes of foie gras and caviar is one of the areas the Sake Sommelier Association is trying to promote at the London Sake Challenge to be held in August.
Read more...Emily O'Hare, sommelier at the River Café and restaurant 28º-50º Wine Workshop & Kitchen were just two of the winners in the At Your Service category at the inaugural Harpers Awards.
Read more...After expanding its estate with the opening of its eighth Jamies Wine Bar in London, Kornicis Group chief executive Nick Tamblyn chats to Harpers about his methods behind running a successful wine bar.
Read more...Bargain-basement branding and boredom blog by Christopher Piper, chairman of Christopher Piper Wines in Ottery St Mary, Devon.
Read more...It seems odd in an era where the wine industry is increasingly competitive and professional that contractual agreements with producers are still relatively rare.
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