Gosset creates new cuvée with Marcus Wareing
The oldest house in Champagne, Gosset, has teamed up with Michelin-starred British chef Marcus Wareing on a bespoke blend for his restaurants.
Bejwelled £115,000 Rare Champagne launched
Piper-Heidsieck has launched a super rare edition of its prestige cuvée Rare adorned with hundreds of tiny diamonds, which has gone on sale at Harrods with a £115,000 price tag.
Honey Spencer and Elizabeth Haigh join forces
Sommelier Honey Spencer has joined forces with Pidgin’s former head chef, Elizabeth Haigh, on a series of pop-up dinners at Narroway Studio in Hackney.
WLC Eats: Kym’s
WLC’s resident foodie, Lucy Shaw, heads to A. Wong’s second act, Kym’s, in the Bloomberg Arcade, for giant rice crackers, heavenly Ibérico pork char sui, and Sichuan Sours.
Guilty Pleasures: Roger Jones
In the fourth instalment of our Guilty Pleasure series, in association with Côtes du Rhône Wines, we discover chef Roger Jones’ penchant for lambs testicles and secret visits to his restaurant’s cellar armed with his Coravin.
Berry Bros’ Good Ordinary Claret gets a makeover
Berry Bros. & Rudd’s best-selling wine, Good Ordinary Claret, has been given a dapper makeover by artist Kate Boxer, mother of London chef Jackson Boxer.
Wine bar inspired by Greek philosopher to open in south London
A wine bar inspired by Greek philosopher Diogenes, one of the founders of cynic philosophy, is to open in Elephant and Castle in south London next month.
Mayfair gets a new fine wine shop
A new independent fine wine shop and bar is set to open inside Mews of Mayfair, a four-floor restaurant and bar space in a cobbled courtyard close to Bond Street.
WLC Eats: The Greenhouse
WLC’s greedy gourmand, Lucy Shaw, heads to Mayfair stalwart The Greenhouse for smoked sturgeon mousse, an impossibly pretty cep tart, and a Chartreuse-laced soufflé.
Hot new London bars: October
Our latest round up of drinking dens in the capital includes a canned cocktail bar in Fitzrovia, a vermouth café in King’s Cross, and a bistro championing women winemakers.