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Unfiltered: Christine Parkinson, head of wine at Hakkasan
Christine Parkinson, once described as “one of the most creative buyers in the UK” by Jancis Robinson, recalls an encounter with Elvis Costello, a run in with a meat cleaver-wielding head waiter and how she could have ended up an astrophysicist.
Unfiltered: Michael Sager
Michael Sager, the director of his eponymous Sager + Wilde wine bars, takes a breath to detail his many projects, which include an art gallery, the launch of his own mezcal and wine brand, and why London is the single most exciting wine market right now.
Unfiltered: Michael Sager, Sager + Wilde
Michael Sager, the director of his eponymous Sager + Wilde wine bars, takes a breath to detail his many projects, which include an art gallery, the launch of his own mezcal and wine brand, and why London is the single most exciting wine market right now.
Unfiltered: Konrad Tadeusz Lassota, Duddell’s
Head sommelier at the London outpost of Hong Kong favourite Duddell’s, Konrad was born and…
Unfiltered: Konrad Tadeusz Lassota, Duddell’s
A childhood food allergy could easily have derailed Konrad Lassota’s career in wine, if it weren’t for the budding sommelier’s determination to overcome his symptoms. Today, he is head sommelier at the London outpost of Hong Kong favourite Duddell’s.
Unfiltered: Charlotte Logan-Jones, Bonhams Restaurant
Sommelier at Bonhams Restaurant, Charlotte Logan-Jones has more than 10 years experience in wine, having…
Unfiltered: Sandra Bein, Mere
Sandra Bein, head sommelier at Monica Galetti’s Mere restaurant, grew up in her parent’s hotel…
Unfiltered: Gonzalo Rodriguez Diaz, Seven Park Place
Gonzalo Rodriguez Diaz, who oversees a list rich in Burgundy as head sommelier at Seven Park Place in St James’s, reveals why he isn’t a fan of natural wines, where in the world he has chosen to make his own wines, and how a bottle of Château Lafleur 1982 left him lost for words.
Unfiltered: Sandra Bein, Mere
Sandra Bein, head sommelier at Monica Galetti’s Mere restaurant in London, once shared a bottle of 1916 Chateau Climens with a customer, dislikes orange wine, and loves Riesling with scallops.
Unfiltered: Sabrina Manolio, Margot
Sabrina Manolio, head sommelier at London’s Margot, offers some sage advice for the aspiring sommelier, shares her most embarrassing front-of-house blunder involving a famous singer and how a sip of 1990 Cheval Blanc set her on the path to sommellerie.