Leonardslee Gardens in West Sussex, the site of the UK’s first Pinotage vineyard, has opened its 36-cover fine dining restaurant called Interlude, with a tasting menu featuring ingredients foraged from the 200-acre estate. 

The Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) has announced the addition of new approved programme providers in Kenya, Macedonia and Slovakia, with over 75 countries now offering its courses. 

An English fizz from Denbies has topped the annual Which? taste test, beating Proseccos, Cavas and crémants to be named the best Champagne alternative.

With the end of the year in sight, Bibendum has been reflecting on what has, at times, been a tumultuous year for the drinks industry, but nevertheless an exciting one, as it looks towards the wine trends that could shape the next 12 months.

Marco Pierre White’s Black & White Hospitality group has signed a deal to stock a new gin brand created by Adam Woodyatt, who for the past 33 years has played Ian Beale on UK soap opera Eastenders.

Exciting things are happening in Japanese winemaking, especially when it comes to the Koshu grape, which is being made into expressions that uniquely complement the country’s raw-fish dishes, writes Patrick Schmitt MW.

Paul Beavis, managing director for the UK and export at Champagne Lanson, looks back on his early career as a chef and reveals why working in a kitchen is the closest thing to joining the army.

The M Restaurant Group is to become the first in the UK to offer Rome de Bellegarde 1894 L’Eveil des Sens Cognac, which holds the record as the most expensive in the world, at £2,514 for a 10ml shot.

The executive director of the Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW), Penny Richards, has announced her resignation, and will leave the organisation at the end of the year. 

MeatLiquor’s original London restaurant will close in February, with the car park it’s currently located in set to be levelled to make way for the construction of a luxury hotel.

Daniele Chelo, head sommelier at Clos Maggiore in London, got his big break at Jason Atherton’s Michelin-starred City Social, dreams of a vineyard in Langhe, and might have ended up a taxi driver had his path not led to the world of wine.

Brasserie of Light, a new restaurant from Caprice Holdings boasting a giant Pegasus statue by British artist Damien Hirst, has opened inside Selfridges in London.