Trade in London’s Soho, a kindly priced members club for those connected to the hospitality industry, was brought into being by two star Master Sommelier operators.

London-based wine bar, restaurant and retail concept Vinoteca has appointed independent advisory business Dow Schofield Watts to help secure funding for its next phase of expansion.

Iconic Scottish restaurant The Strathearn at Gleneagles will once again open its doors this May, following an extensive renovation with interiors inspired by the golden age of railway travel.

English sparkling wine producers should consider the high acidity that the country’s climate generates to be a strength and a unique selling point, believes several of England’s top winemakers.

Lenz Moser, chief winemaker of China’s Chateau Changyu-Moser XV, praises Stefan Neumann MS and his team at Dinner by Heston and reveals why London is “the wine and food capital of the world”.

A new “turf to table” restaurant with a menu designed to “celebrate local produce and heritage” will open in West London’s Richmond later this month.

Enter our competition by 11 April to win a Coravin Model Eleven preservation system worth £899, or one of 10 pairs of tickets to our Wine & Spirits Show.

We round up the top female sommeliers and wine buyers currently behind the wine lists at some of London’s top restaurants for wine, based on our recently published guide to London’s top 50 most powerful sommeliers.

Belgium-born Túbo Logier will replace current guest chef Anna Tobias at Hackney-based natural wine shop, bar and restaurant, P Franco, later this month.

Saga Cruises and the Royal Navy have both chosen to christen their new vessels with English sparkling wine and not Champagne, with the former commissioning Kent producer Hush Heath to create its own-label fizz. 

Nat Tallents, chef patron at The Plume of Feathers in Cornwall and former MasterChef: The Professionals contestant, has launched a new spring menu, the first since her move to the 16th century dining destination earlier this year.

Argentina’s Catena Zapata has collaborated with Wine Enthusiast on a new wine documentary series called It Starts With Wine, which features an an episode hosted by Dr Laura Catena on Argentine wine.