Italian-born Nicola Perrone, head sommelier at French neighbourhood restaurant Orrery in Marylebone, explains how his wine list is “his baby” and reveals that the one wine he can’t get along with hails from his motherland.

The owner of the Matlock Gurkha Inn in Derbyshire has blamed bad reviews and a temporary loss of business on the discovery of a bejeweled chicken foot and a three-headed snake statue outside his restaurant. 

Middle-aged drinkers are being told to abstain from alcohol at least two days per week in a new government initiative aimed at curbing health risks later in life.

A Napoleon era Cognac from 1805 has sold for over £200,000 at Hedonism Wines in Mayfair, making it one of the most expensive bottles of Cognac ever sold in the UK.

The average hospitality professional spends £320 a month on work-related expenses, including lunch, and travel, but not everyone believed they should be reimbursed, according to new figures.

Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft, the majority shareholder in English winery Gusbourne, has invested a further £2.7 million in the company as it announced it had raised a total of £3.7 million through the issuing of new shares to investors. 

The Good Food Guide, published by Waitrose and partners, has released its list of the top 50 restaurants in the UK with a total of 14 from London, including the first restaurant to win top marks with its debut in the guide. 

After an extensive blind tasting of Champagne this summer, and many other sampling exercises during the course of the year, one particular cuvée stood out as the best Champagne of 2018.

The news emerging from Bordeaux that the storied Pomerol estate Petrus has sold a 20% stake to a Colombian-American investor has been confirmed by the winery. 

Broadcaster and writer Olly Smith cut the ribbon at the opening of East Sussex vineyard Hidden Spring’s first on-site winery, as the producer aims to produce 25,000 bottles of both still and sparkling wine each year. 

Gosset has given Champagne’s workhorse grape a prestige positioning with the launch of a £90 fizz that’s made entirely from Pinot Meunier – a first for a Grande Marque.

Wine Spectator’s publishing house — M. Shanken Communications — has entered into a legal battle with new website Weed Spectator over trademark infringement.