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The best vintage wines from The Champagne Masters 2023
These are the top vintage wines from the Champagne Masters 2023, featuring some outstanding fully mature fizz that’s available to buy now.

The best prestige cuvées from The Champagne Masters 2023
Continuing the listing of the best bottles from this year’s Champagne Masters, we turn our attention to the top-end of the category, with the Gold- and Master-winning prestige cuvées from the competition.

Raffles names wine director for new London hotel
Vincenzo Arnese has been announced as director of wine for Raffles London at The OWO, the luxury hotel group’s first UK outpost.

What is a Hugo Spritz and how do you make one?
The Hugo Spritz cocktail recipe has amassed over 4.3 million views on TikTok, but how do you make one? Find out here.

Chef ‘gobsmacked’ after couple who stole £150,000 from restaurant dodge jail
Chef Stephen Terry, whose Abergavenny restaurant The Hardwick was defrauded of £150,000 by two of his employees, has slammed the judge’s decision to suspend the culprits’ sentences.

Hospitality workers cash in on higher wages, outpacing national average
Hospitality wages have risen by 9.5% over the last year, compared with the national average of 6.6%, new research has shown, as the industry struggles with a shortage of skilled workers.

MPs call for high street pubs to be protected
A cross-party group of MPs has called on the government to ensure high street pubs are safeguarded from alternative development under new rules due to come into force.

Is Giles Coren right about the ‘male wine bore’?
The Times restaurant critic has received backlash for his characterisation of “male wine bores” with their “indigo teeth” and “jowls like Regency curtain swags”, but, WLC asks, is it fair?

WLC recommends: Heliot at The Hippodrome Casino
Douglas Blyde gets lucky at The Hippodrome Casino’s Heliot steakhouse. While there, he gives general manager Salvo Russo’s international wine list a spin, and samples the menu devised by executive chef and “meatologist” Ioannis Grammenos.

MasterChef winner’s Park Lane restaurant closes after six months
MasterChef: The Professionals winner Alex Webb’s restaurant at The InterContinental London has been closed by “mutual agreement”, despite only opening in December last year.