Top chef James Sommerin has spoken about the cruel circumstances surrounding the closure of his family restaurant after the pressures of Covid-19 became too much to bear.
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Sandia Chang, the renowned California-born sommelier and founder of Fitzrovia’s hotdogs and Champagne joint in is taking her love of growers Champagne online which the launch of a new e-shop.
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Managed pub, bar and restaurant groups in England have reported improving sales in the second week after shut-down was lifted, boosted by the reopening of more sites, according to the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker data.
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The Champenois are in disarray as efforts to reach agreement on the level of yield for the 2020 harvest failed at a recent meeting of the Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC) in Epernay.
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At a time when traditional channels are continuing to diminish and dwindle, direct-to-consumer (DTC) models are unsurprisingly all the rage. What was once a dirty word in regions like Champagne is becoming a de rigueur response to the crisis, as wineries desperately attempt to claw back income lost due to the pandemic.
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Welsh Wine Week will launch with an online tasting led by wine experts Charlie Womersley and Oz Clarke OBE, who will be joined by iconic Welsh performer Max Boyce.
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Spanish producer Ramón Bilbao has begun the three-year process of converting its Rioja and Rueda vineyards to organic production methods.
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Pernod Ricard is predicting a softer impact on its business as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, according to its latest guidance for its 2020 results.
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The growing importance of Italian wines on global trading markets is reflected in the half-year data released by Liv-ex, the online fine-wine trading platform.
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The government has released details of its temporary alcohol off-sales permissions.
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The South African government has attempted to clarify confusion over a tweet from its official Twitter account that said the ban on the sale of alcohol would remain in place throughout the lockdown period.
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Britain’s food-service sector is showing signs of post lockdown recovery, according to new research from information business The NPD Group.
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New Wiltshire-based sustainable winery Offbeat wines has released three wines, following the sell-out success of its first issue.
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The government has launched a fundamental review of business rates, beginning with a call for evidence.
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Port producer Symington Family Estates has launched a new digital platform named The School of Port.
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London Cocktail Week, the world’s biggest city-wide cocktail festival, will go ahead this year, its organisers have announced.
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Off-trade alcohol sales were up by 41% in the four weeks to 12 July 2020, according to Kantar data released today.
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William Grant & Sons’ Standfast charity auction in support of The Drinks Trust and The Ben Scotland has gone live.
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Sussex vineyard Kinsbrook, which lies just outside West Chiltington, has released its debut wines.
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Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino (GOCV) has welcomed three new Caballeros.
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