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Oregon’s tremendous truffle pairings
Piedmont and Périgord may top gourmands’ list when it comes to pairing wine with truffles, but Oregon’s Willamette Valley is catching up fast.
Why this new wine club is turning away from terroir
Last month, top chefs and winemakers gathered in Milan to launch private wine club Domus Artium Reserve, with a special 50% French, 50% Italian wine also announced.
World’s largest hotel wine cellar launches Cognac to mark 150 years
Monaco’s Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo launches Cognac and opens the doors of the world’s largest wine cellar, housing 350,000 bottles, to the public to celebrate its 150th anniversary.
What to drink at Seed Library
Louis Thomas gets to grips with the eclectic new cocktail menu at Seed Library in Shoreditch, featuring ingredients as varied as soured green peas and a rapidly-aged cup of tea.
Unfiltered: Callum McCann
The head sommelier of Edinburgh’s Number One at The Balmoral talks to Douglas Blyde about his connection to T.E. Lawrence, the joy of Trimbach, and how trimming the cellar highlighted areas for improvement.
French Michelin Guide sees influx of new stars
Yesterday’s launch of the 2024 Michelin Guide for France saw 62 restaurants gain stars, bringing the country’s total number of starred establishments up to 639.
What to drink at Morchella
Coming from the team behind Perilla, newly-opened Exmouth Market wine bar promises a European-focused list.
Wine List Confidential: Stem and Stem
Douglas Blyde stops and smells the roses at restaurant and florist Stem and Stem in the City of London. Fittingly, he finds dishes “accented in chlorophyll hues”, and a “bouquet menu” that “borrows the language of a wine list”.
Sommelier training reshapes the brain, study reveals
It’s official: sommeliers are smarter. A new study investigating brain response to tasting wine found that sommelier training doesn’t just refine the palate, but reshapes the brain itself.
Fine wine collection gathering dust in abandoned Somerset hotel
Valuable bottles of fine wine have been left languishing in an abandoned hotel, shrouded in dust, since the venue ceased operating during the Covid pandemic.