Daniel Manetti
There’s a reason Hélène Darroze’s restaurant at The Connaught has such a strong reputation for stocking crowd-pleasing wines with a good pedigree, and that reason is Daniel Manetti, the hotel’s ardent head sommelier in charge of a 111-page drinks card.
Clement Robert MS
Former beverage director of Texture Restaurant Group — which includes wine-bar chain 28°-50°, as well as the eponymous Michelin-starred restaurant in its portfolio – Clement Robert MS only recently took on the role of wine buyer and group head sommelier at Caprice Holdings & The Birley Clubs.
Katie Exton
Katie exton began her career helping at English winery Breaky Bottom, followed by a stint at Majestic Wines. For more than 10 years she has worked as a sommelier in London, as head sommelier at Chez Bruce and The River Café.
Christophe Decoux
The River Café is one of London’s most well-respected restaurants, and Christophe Decoux is the venue’s leading sommelier.
Will Palmer and Ian Campbell
There’s a certain comfort in going to a favourite pub or bar or restaurant and knowing that a certain dish or drink, one that pleases you, will always be on the menu come what may.
Laure Patry
French-born Patry cut her teeth in the hospitality industry in the Loire. Studying catering, her teacher suggested she spend a year as a sommelier, so she did.
Michael Sager
It’s a fairly reasonable claim to make that before Michael Sager and his then wife, Charlotte Wilde, set up Sager + Wilde on Hackney Road in 2013, east London, for all its gastronomic edginess, lacked a decent wine bar.
Diego Muntoni
It’s a salient fact that London’s most famous buildings are either Restoration or Regency paeans to classic design, bridges or former power stations.
Sabrina Manolio
Italian wine is one of the world’s great joys and also one of its greatest headaches. It’s claimed that even most Italians don’t fully understand it, but one who does, luckily, is Sabrina Manolio at Covent Garden restaurant Margot.
Mark Andrew MW and Dan Keeling
It all started with a magazine. Those who have stopped by at Noble Rot in Bloomsbury’s Lamb’s Conduit Street might think it is a standalone outfit but it’s much more than that.