On-Trade - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Sommelier's view: Cedric Beaumond, Bo

Published: 05 April, 2013

The newest addition to Bo London's team is Cedric Beaumond, previously head sommelier and wine manager at what he describes as the "relatively comfortable" Savoy Grill.

Alvin Cheung: searching for perfection at Bo London

Published: 05 April, 2013

The self-dubbed 'Demon Chef', Alvin Leung does not do anything by halves, as Douglas Blyde discovers while delving...

The List: Enoteca Turi

Published: 15 March, 2013

Owner Guiseppe Turi tells Bernadette John why Italian wines triumph over all on the list at Puglia specialist Enoteca Turi

The Port House, a Dublin-based-chain of restaurants inspired by Spanish and Portuguese cuisine, matched with a selection of speciality gins and Spanish and Portuguese wines, has opened in London's Covent Garden.

Openings: Salvador & Amanda Bloomsbury

Published: 15 March, 2013

Spanish tapas bar and restaurant Salvador & Amanda has now opened a second venue in Bloomsbury, offering a combination of traditional Spanish eats, as well as quirky takes on some old favourites.

It's all meat and drink to Hawksmoor

Published: 15 March, 2013

There has never been a better time to go out for a steak in London and you would struggle to find a place superior to Hawksmoor. Dominic Midgley discovers the chain is as proud of its drinks offer as it is its rib eyes and sirloins

Paul Ainsworth is new chef on the block

Published: 15 March, 2013

Rick Stein is no longer the only culinary attraction in Cornwall's Padstow - Paul Ainsworth is drawing his own crowd, as Ed Robertson discovers

The List: Chrysan

Published: 01 March, 2013

Nina Caplan on the drinks offer at Hakkasan's City of London Japenese venture

Restaurant review: The Lamb Inn

Published: 01 March, 2013

My room is named after The Glenlivet, and part of a spent cask from the Speyside distillery protrudes. This is The Lamb Inn, 15th-century outpost of the Boisdale group. Ranald Macdonald founded his first whisky and cigar focused bar in Belgravia in 1988. The business expanded to Bishopsgate in 2002, with the opulent, purpose-built Canary Wharf site opening in 2011.

Restaurant review: Guillaume Glipa Coya Restaurant & Bar

Published: 01 March, 2013

In the aftermath of International Pisco Sour Day, Douglas Blyde talks to Guillaume Glipa, general manager of Coya, London's latest Peruvian restaurant.

Introducing the new breed at MASH

Published: 01 March, 2013

Douglas Blyde learns how the founders of the Modern American Steak House are training up a new wave of sommeliers

Hi-Spirits appoints Scottish on-trade rep

Published: 01 March, 2013

Distributor Hi-Spirits has appointed cocktail expert and former bar manager Chris Deacon as field sales executive in Scotland.

Phileas Fogg celebrated at new Mayfair bar

Published: 27 February, 2013

A bar recreating the home of Jules Verne's famous adventurer Phileas Fogg will be opening its doors this summer.

The List: Boundary Restaurant

Published: 15 February, 2013

Christopher Delalonde MS brings the classics to Boundary's wine list and pushes quality at an affordable price

The List: The Red Lion

Published: 15 February, 2013

It's all about cheese and wine at this Market Harborough gastropub

Openings: The Goat in Boots

Published: 01 February, 2013

The Goat in Boots is set to be reopened in April by the team behind the Eclipse, Cocoon, Bumpkin and Boujis.

Restaurant review: The Lock Bar and Kitchen

Published: 01 February, 2013

The Lock Bar and Kitchen is the more upmarket restaurant of two at the Runnymede-on-Thames Hotel. Still blighted on the outside by 1970s architecture, a recent refurbishment saw the property given a good degree of character within.

On-trade analysis: Spirits take the top spot in 2012 festive sales figures

Published: 01 February, 2013

CGA's Matt Crompton takes a look at how the on-trade performed over the festive season

Winter restaurant openings in Bath, Manchester and Notting Hill

Published: 14 December, 2012

Find out more about winter openings, including the third Graze Bar in Bath, a £3.5-million refurb in Manchester and a ping-pong pop-up, in London's Notting Hill.