Martin and Olivier Bouygues, the owners of Château Montrose, have acquired a stake in Domaine Henri Rebourseau in Gevrey-Chambertin it has been announced.

Domaine Evremond, Champagne Taittinger’s nascent English estate, has enjoyed its first “mini harvest”.

The Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas has moved to invalidate the results of the tasting portion of this year’s Diploma Examination after “clear evidence” an existing MS revealed the wines that were to be tasted in advance.

Following a major blind tasting of Champagne earlier this year, here is a selection of the best Champagnes selling for sub £50 on the market right now.

The number of young people in the UK choosing to not drink has risen to almost a third, with abstinence becoming increasingly “mainstream”.

A group of English winemakers have come together to call for a freeze on wine duty, which they argue is “excessively high” and unfairly restricting the industry’s growth while damaging rural communities.

Wine consultant at the Bloomsbury Hotel’s Coral Room, Anne McHale MW, reveals how her father sparked her love of wine, and what it was like taking actress Emma Thompson through her WSET Level 2.

Champagne Pol Roger has released its 2008 Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill, which it has described as “the most investible Churchill we’ve ever made”.

Kent-based Simpsons Wine Estate is expecting to harvest 200 tones of grapes this year, up from just 30 tones harvested in 2016 and 2017, as co-owners Charles and Ruth Simpson warn that the shortage of winery space will be a “big issue” for English wine producers in 2018. 

London’s Dandelyan has been bagged the number one  spot at The World’s 50 Best Bars awards 2018, just days after it announced it was to close its doors four years after opening.

French-born, London-based, Hide employee Aymeric Pollenne has been declared International Young Sommelier 2018 by the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs.

Caprice Holdings, the restaurant group behind The Ivy, is to open a new restaurant inside London department store Selfridges called Brasserie of Light, with a 24ft crystal statue by British artist Damien Hirst taking centre stage.