A US restaurant chain that pays homage to the humble egg is coming to the UK, with the provocatively named Eggslut announcing it is to open its first restaurant in London next year.

Burgundian and Italian labels performed well in November but the benchmark Liv-ex index declined yet again.

Indefatigable British chef Jason Atherton is to open a 16-seater restaurant next door to his Michelin-starred flagship, Pollen Street Social in Mayfair.

Christie’s recent sale of wines and spirits in London realised over £5 million, the highest total for a London wine sale in 20 years for the auctioneer – driven in part by high bidding on rare whiskies.

Having only released it this spring, rocker Jon Bon Jovi’s rosé has been voted the top pink in the world in Wine Spectator’s coveted Top 100 ranking.

Auction house Bonhams has announced it is to close its Michelin-starred restaurant this December.

Chef Dominique Crenn has become the first women in the US to receive a coveted three Michelin stars following its annual ranking of top restaurants in the San Francisco area, released on Thursday.

Following the inaugural Somm360 three-day summit in Montreal this week, founder of the show, Vincent Lafortune, told db he is taking the format around the world, starting with LA.

A head chef working at a restaurant in Dublin has been awarded €75,000 after cutting her hand while shucking an oyster.

Chapel Down has launched a trio of reds from Italy, France and Spain as part of its ‘Great Minds Drinks Alike’ series devised by head winemaker Josh Donaghay-Spire.

“If I were to describe my single main intention for Somm360, it would be ‘to help’”, said Vincent Lafortune, founder of the sommelier-focused congress, which finished yesterday.

28°-50° Wine Workshop and Kitchen in Marylebone, part of the wine-focused restaurant founded by chef Agnar Sverrisson and Xavier Rousset, has been sold to an undisclosed buyer.