Profiles
Top 10 food and drink trends for 2020
As we enter a new decade, we’ve looked into our crystal ball and have rounded up what we believe will be the 10 biggest food and drink trends to cause a stir in UK this year, from zero waste restaurants to hard seltzers.
12 London restaurant openings to watch in 2020
From Daniel Humm’s new site at the Covent Garden outpost of New York’s NoMad hotel to the debut UK venture of Noma Mexico’s Santiago Lastra, we’ve rounded up the 12 London restaurant openings this year that you need to have on your radar.
12 of the best wines to drink with Christmas dinner
Whether you’re sticking to fizz or splashing out on Burgundy, we’ve trawled through our Global Masters archives to bring you the wines we’re lusting after this holiday season.
Fine wine labels to watch in 2020
The fine wine secondary market has a number of seemingly all-enduring labels at the top, but which are the brands coming up fast?
Syrah Masters 2019: the results in full
Having sampled almost 200 wines for 2019’s Global Syrah Masters, we bring you a full report on the top performers, taking in reds from Colchagua to British Columbia, Hunter Valley to the Valais.
WLC Eats: Lyon’s Seafood & Wine Bar
WLC‘s Phoebe French heads to Lyon’s Seafood & Wine Bar in Crouch End for a scintillating stonebass tartare, flecked with flying fish roe, a miso-marinated fish collar and a decadent barley risotto flavoured with celeriac, hazelnut and bone marrow.
WLC Eats: The Grill at The Dorchester
WLC’s resident gourmand, Lucy Shaw, indulges in one of the most decadent dinners of her life at The Dorchester’s new look Grill, where she is charmed by a lobster thermidor tart.
WLC Eats: Opera Tavern
WLC’s resident sybarite, Lucy Shaw, heads to the new-look Opera Tavern in Covent Garden for a fiery nduja Scotch egg, creamy Manchego croquetas and a smoky white from Etna.
Unfiltered: Angelika Oparczyk, Bank House
General manager of the Bank House in Chiselhurst, Angelika Oparczyk, on her love of Riesling and tapas, why she’d like to make wine in Poland and why a misunderstanding of the term ‘corked’ is the consumer habit that most annoys her.
The Global Sparkling Masters 2019: results in full
The annual Sparkling Masters gives judges the chance to hone in on which fizzes are hitting the spot in terms of taste, quality and value. This year, they were particularly impressed with the quality of crémants from the Loire.