Freixenet teams up with fried chicken joint
Freixenet has partnered with London-based fried chicken connoisseurs Mother Clucker, to create a limited edition crispy Cava-battered chicken.
Portuguese restaurant Bar Douro moves into the City
Portuguese restaurant and wine bar Bar Douro has announced plans to open a second site in the City this summer.
Jay Rayner warms to English sparkling
Guardian columnist Jay Rayner has changed his views on the British sparkling wine industry, after previously slamming the category for offering poor value for money.
New restaurant at Gatwick Airport to highlight Sonoma
A new casual dining restaurant opening at Gatwick airport this month is set to focus attention on premium Californian wine region Sonoma.
Anne McHale MW
Anne McHale MW began her career in the wine trade 15 years ago, working for companies as diverse as Mistral Wines, New Zealand Winegrowers and Berry Bros. & Rudd while studying for the WSET and then Master of Wine exams.
Sandia Chang
Chef-turned-sommelier Sandia Chang is from California. She moved to train at the internationally acclaimed Culinary Institute of America in New York, and chalked up stints at René Redzepi’s Noma in Copenhagen and Thomas Keller’s Per Se in New York before moving to London in 2010.
Terry Kandylis
Kandylis was studying physics at the University of Athens, while working for some of the best restaurants in Greece, when the wine bug bit.
Hans Weinefalk Larsson
Larsson took over the coveted task of managing the gargantuan list at wine Mecca Hide late last year, after the departure of the restaurant’s director of wine, Piotr Pietras MS.
Jan Konetzki
One of the nattiest dressers in the drinks trade, Jan Konetzki (Wine List Confidential’s 2018 Sommelier of the Year) is rarely seen without a tailored blazer, pocket square and signature round specs in a variety of shades.
Mathieu Germond
“I am foremost a wine lover and wine drinker, and consider myself lucky to be able to earn a living from my passion,” says Mathieu Germond, former restaurant manager of Pied à Terre, who launched his debut solo venture, the rustic, seasonally focused Noizé in Fitzrovia in October 2017.