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Marco Pierre White shuns Michelin Guide in Singapore
Hot-tempered chef Marco Pierre White has shunned the Michelin Guide once again after opening Singapore’s first “restaurant with rooms” this week.
Mirabeau: You can take the rosé out of Provence, but not Provence out of rosé
The new sales director of Mirabeau is adamant that while many producers are replicating the style and colour of Provençal rosé, only pink wine produced in the French region “delivers the true flavour”.
Prosecco to produce 600 million bottles from 2018 harvest
Prosecco is on course to produce almost 600 million bottles of fizz from the 2018 harvest, making the region nearly two times the scale of Champagne.
WLC Eats: Villa di Geggiano
Chiswick dweller Lucy Shaw heads to Villa di Geggiano on the High Road for heavenly burrata, creamy cacio e pepe and an intriguing Tuscan rosé.
X Factor winner Ben Haenow is a Beaujolais drinker
X Factor winner Ben Haenow is a Beaujolais drinker – something the 33 year-old British singer revealed to WLC this week at the launch of a brand that ‘breaks from wine convention’.
Shiraz gin and birch sap spirit on pour at The Wine & Spirits Show
The Wine and Spirits Show, run by the drinks business and sister title The Spirits Business, has announced some new additions to the New Product Zone at its event in October, including an a Shiraz gin and a birch sap spirit.
Beefsteak Club launches London bus advertising campaign
Ehrmanns-owned wine brand Beefsteak Club has launched an advertising campaign which is to be featured on London buses, tying in with a social media campaign which is giving away a free bottle of wine.
Unfiltered: Stefan Neumann MS, Dinner by Heston
Dinner’s head sommelier tells WLC about getting tongue tied when serving Angelina Jolie, spilling fish sauce on one of his diner’s heads, and an unforgettable dinner in Cadiz involving lashings of Krug.
Restaurant chain lost £145m in value after dead rat found in soup
Chinese restaurant chain Xiabu Xiabu saw its stock value slide by £145 million after video footage emerged on social media of a diner fishing out a dead rat from a bowl of bubbling broth.
Usain Bolt tries Champagne Mumm’s space Champagne in zero gravity
Former Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt took high altitude training to another level yesterday, trying out Champagne Mumm’s Grand Cordon Stellar in zero gravity on board an Airbus Zero-G.
