Taka team brings Maru to Shepherd Market

Maru

Rousset and Pineau return with Nocturne

Nocturne 

Bordeaux Day dates revealed

The new dates for the pushed back inaugural Bordeaux Day have been revealed with events confirmed for both London and Manchester.

Graft expands sales team as it returns to London

The Graft Wine Company has appointed two new sales people, while also reopening a London office.

First digital LWF "exceeds expectations" though numbers fall

Latimer appoints ex-somm Caroline Brangé to head up sales

Latimer Vintners has appointed ex-sommelier Caroline Brangé to head up its on and off-trade sales, working closely with London’s hospitality establishments as they prepare to re-open their doors.

Jascots to step up presence outside London

Jascots Wine has, together with its new owners Freixenet Copestick, revealed plans to expands its footprint outside its London heartland.

Nightcap eyes major lease expansion for LLC on the back of reduced rents

Hospitality group Nightcap has unveiled ambitious plans to expand London Cocktail Club (LCC), its first and newest acquisition, as the company aims to capitalise on a favourable property market and reduced rents.

Jeroboams reveals plans to almost double estate

Jeroboams has revealed plans to open up to seven new shops in London during the next few years.

One-size-fits-all approach will harm UK recovery

The UK must adopt a regionally tailored recovery strategy if it is to recover fully from the impact of the global pandemic, which has exacerbated London-centric trends.

Roux folds under Covid pressure

Plummeting footfall in central London has done for Roux at Parliament Square, with Michel Roux Jr announcing the permanent closure of the well-loved Westminster site.

Hatch Mansfield and 31Dover enter on-trade partnership

Hatch Mansfield and 31Dover has entered into a partnership to distribute premium family owned wine producers from around the world.  

Barrel of Burgundy sells for £136,400

Zachys has revealed the results of its London II auction, which included what the business claims to be the world’s first barrel of Burgundy to be sold at auction. 

Soapbox: Southern bias leaves a bitter taste

After enduring three months of local restrictions with little help, Sara Saunby, owner of Manchester hybrid Salut, says Whitehall’s belated decision to help the North is too little, too late

Popular trade figure Terry Threlfall passes away

It was with surprise and a heavy heart that the wine trade community – in the UK and beyond – received the news of Terry Threlfall’s untimely death. Terry passed away last Friday from a heart attack, aged just 43.

Tier 2 restrictions for London on-trade, with North West facing Tier 3

In a further escalation of the rolling partial lockdowns across the UK, the government is introducing Tier 2 restrictions on Londoners from midnight tomorrow (Friday 16 October), Matt Hancock, Health Secretary, announced in the Commons today. 

Long Read: London Cocktail Week – Let’s have a bar crawl while we still can

Hugh Jones lost his job this year after shortly after arriving at a new company right at the start of the pandemic. Feeling less than enthused about the situation and his looming annual Stoptober attempt, he was about to throw in the towel of sobriety for London Cocktail Week, which starts today. But after speaking with organisers, he discovered they are pulling out all the stops to this year to make sure as many people can get involved as possible – to blow off steam while also supporting London’s embattled on-trade.

Bibendum becomes official wine partner of London Restaurant Festival

Bibendum Wine has been unveiled as the official wine partner of this year’s London Restaurant Festival (LRF), which will be running an amended schedule of in-restaurant and at-home events when it returns this Thursday 1 October.

Curfew looms for London’s pubs and restaurants

Curfews could see pubs and restaurants close by 10pm, London’s public health chief has warned, as the government aims to curb an escalating spike in infections.

Bar Douro launches Portuguese wine club

London-based Portuguese restaurant and wine bar, Bar Douro, has unveiled a new nationwide subscription wine service.