Wine List Confidential Awards 2019: The winners
London’s leading wine list review service, Wine List Confidential, revealed its top 100 restaurants for 2019 with the release of its latest guide and an award ceremony celebrating the diversity of the capital’s wine offering.
The best ways to celebrate English and Welsh Wine Week
With the weekend heralding the start of this year’s English and Welsh Wine Week, we round up the best ways to immerse yourself in the UK’s buoyant wine scene.
Where winemakers dine: Mike Dawson
Mike Dawson, winemaker at South Africa’s Journey’s End, speaks about his fondness for the Harwood Arms, reveals why he enjoys visiting urban wineries and explains why nothing compares to London’s wine scene.
Where winemakers dine: Chester Osborn
The inimitable chief winemaker of d’Arenberg in the McLaren Vale Chester Osborn reveals his fondness for the food and drink offering at the Mandarin Oriental and explains how London has the most diverse wine scene.
Shortlist for the 2019 Wine List Confidential Awards announced
We bring you the shortlist for this year’s Wine List Confidential Awards, recognising London’s top 100 restaurants for wine, which are set to be presented at the London Wine Fair on 20 May.
Where winemakers dine: Michael Hill Smith MW
Michael Hill Smith MW, co-founder of Shaw + Smith in Australia’s Adelaide Hills, on eating at Will Lander’s Portland, why 67 Pall Mall is “vinous heaven” and how London has changed since his first trip in 1974.
Albourne Estate launches England’s first frizzante
Albourne Estate in Sussex has launched what it claims is England’s first frizzante made from Bacchus grapes from the 2018 vintage.
National Trust pub first in UK to put carbon footprint of dishes on menu
Sticklebarn in Cumbria, which is operated by the National Trust, has listed the carbon footprint of each dish on the menu to give diners the choice of a more “climate friendly meal”.
Where winemakers dine: Louis-Fabrice Latour
The CEO of Burgundy stalwart Maison Louis Latour, Louis-Fabrice Latour, reveals his fondness for Chinese food and why Londoners are spoilt for choice in terms of wine.
Where winemakers dine: Maria Chadwick
Maria Eugenia Chadwick, part of the Viña Errázuriz and Viñedo Chadwick dynasty, reveals her love of Coya in Mayfair, particularly its Pisco sours, and how she enjoys a trip to Vagabond Wines.