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Second-cheapest wine on the menu isn’t a bad choice after all, study says
The age-old maxim regarding the second-cheapest wine on the menu and its relative shortcomings is well known. However, a new study may just have put paid to the idea that the second most-reasonable plonk is a poor choice for drinkers.
Husband and wife team leaves two-Michelin-starred restaurant
Jordan Bailey and Majken Bech-Bailey have announced that they will be leaving Aimsir, the acclaimed restaurant that they established in County Kildare, Ireland.
Asahi collaborates with London’s Nobu restaurant
Asahi has collaborated with London’s Nobu restaurant to launch a pairing menu complementing its Asahi Super Dry 0.0% beer and has also revealed a new partnership with Japan House, located in Kensington.
Guy Savoy’s restaurant loses three-Michelin-star rating
After twenty years of three-Michelin-star status, Guy Savoy’s eponymous restaurant in Monnaie de Paris has dropped a star in the forthcoming edition of the Michelin Guide.
Restaurant feuds with Russell Crowe over dress code
Mr. Miyagi, a Japanese-fusion restaurant in Melbourne, Australia, hit the headlines for refusing to serve Hollywood heavyweight Russell Crowe and his girlfriend, actor Britney Theriot, after they turned up in tennis gear.
Le Gavroche to host dinner with Château Biac and Rathfinny Estate
On Tuesday 7 March, Michel Roux Jr. will be hosting a five-course dinner in collaboration with two wine producers from either side of the English Channel at his celebrated Mayfair restaurant.
Mark Sargeant closes restaurant just six months after opening
The Brasserie MS has been forced to shut six months after opening, with chef Mark Sargeant stating that the backers of what was his first independent restaurant did not share his “vision of restaurant excellence”.
WLC recommends: The Old Bridge, Huntingdon
Douglas Blyde heads to Cambridgeshire to visit The Old Bridge. There, he meets proprietor John Hoskins MW, the first Master of Wine in the restaurant industry, who tells him why he believes that sommeliers might not be “necessary”. Taken from the Wine List Confidential 2022 guide, available to buy now.
Winner declared for 2023 UK Ruinart Sommelier Challenge
On Monday, a blind tasting competition between 25 top sommeliers was hosted in London by Ruinart chef de caves Frédéric Panaïotis to determine who would be going on an all-expenses-paid trip to Reims.
Unfiltered: Cong Cong Bo
The incisive mind behind the much-loved Amphora, an indie wine bar and merchant located in the eclectic Mill Road area of Cambridge, talks to Douglas Blyde about the unifying powers of wine, shaking hands with the Georgian president, and the benefits a science background brings to the understanding of “the origins of flavours”…