Gordon Ramsay falls from top 100 restaurant list
Gordon Ramsay’s Chelsea restaurant has dropped off the list of the world’s top 100 restaurants.
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Port houses declare 2007 vintage
Several Port houses, including the Symington and Sogrape brands as well as Niepoort, have declared the 2007 vintage. Others are expected to follow.
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Wine trade takes tax hike protest to Downing Street
A group of wine industry professionals demonstrated yesterday and lodged a petition at 10 Downing Street in protest of further tax increases on wine included in the upcoming UK budget.
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Wine trade takes tax hike protest to Downing Street
A group of wine industry professionals demonstrated yesterday and lodged a petition at 10 Downing Street in protest of further tax increases on wine included in the upcoming UK budget.
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Chianti Classico to launch black rooster merchandise range
The Chianti Classico wine association is launching a range of merchandise adorned with its black rooster symbol.
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Fifteen sommeliers to compete for top UK prize
The nation's top sommeliers will compete for the title of UK Sommelier of the Year on 29 April, at the Tate Modern in London.
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Fat Duck, shut after food poisoning scare, may open this week
The Fat Duck may open this week after being closed due to a food poisoning scare, owner Heston Blumenthal has said.
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Slow Food UK moves from Ludlow to London
Slow Food UK is relocating its headquarters to London from Ludlow, Shropshire, in a bid to raise its profile. It has also revamped its Board of Trustees, which now includes cookery and charity entrepreneur Prue Leith.
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Decanter puts the best of Veneto on show
Decanter is hosting the most comprehensive tasting of Veneto wines to take place in London in many years.
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Sisseck of Pingus owes success to Bordeaux
Peter Sisseck, owner of Dominio de Pingus, says he owes it all to Bordeaux.
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For sale: Latour, Margaux and Mouton hidden from Nazis
UK auctioneer Bonhams is selling 1920s bottles of Latour, Margaux, Mouton Rothschild and Ausone that were hidden in a bricked-up cellar in Guernsey during the Second World War.
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BBC wine series stars Château Margaux, Berry Bros and South Africa
A three-part wine series featuring Château Margaux, Berry Bros and South Africa is to air in February and March on BBC Four.
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Tokaji has starring role in Dean Spanley
Tokaji plays a prominent role in Dean Spanley, a feature film starring Peter O’Toole, Sam Neill, Judy Parfitt and Art Malik.
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Auden's three-pint Martini, smuggled Brane-Cantenac and other stories
A three-pint jug, a bottle of gin, a whole sliced lemon, a tray of ice and one capful of vermouth. That was WH Auden’s personal martini when he came to stay in the 1960s, Simon Hoggart recalls.
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Fischer Boel: no more Aussie champagne but reverse osmosis OK
Australia has agreed to stop using terms such as Champagne, Sherry, Port and Chablis as part of a new EU-Australia Wine Agreement. In exchange, the EU will allow imports of reduced alcohol Australian wine made via reverse osmosis.
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DRC to make Corton
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is to make red wine in the Corton appellation for the first time.
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Judd to leave Cloudy Bay
Founding winemaker of Cloudy Bay Kevin Judd is to leave the winery after the 2009 vintage.
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Majestic manager named Young Wine Writer 2008
The UK Circle of Wine Writers and Pavilion Books have named Andy Lloyd Young Wine Writer 2008 for his essay The Grapes of Health, about the state of the wine industry and the issues associated with responsible drinking.
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Depardieu: Biodynamics 'doesn’t exist'
French actor-winemaker-restaurateur Gerard Depardieu disdains biodynamics, Jamie Oliver and 'bullshit industrial wines'.
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Premier cru cousins interviewed together for first time
Opus One narrowly escaped being named after a San Francisco gay bar, and Baron Eric de Rothschild feels 'like a movie star' at tastings.
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Ornellaia’s Masseto: first Italian wine to be sold through the Place de Bordeaux
Tenuta dell’Ornellaia is to offer its Masseto wine through the Place de Bordeaux.
