UK pub, bar and restaurant groups reported that sales grew by 2.5% over the six weeks of the festive season, compared to the same period in 2018, with spend increasing on both food and drink.
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Alain Ducasse slashes wine prices to discourage Dry January diners
An outspoken opponent of Dry January, French chef Alain Ducasse has slashed the prices of top bottles of Burgundy and Bordeaux at his restaurants to encourage diners to splash out on wine.
Brangelina’s Miraval to create ‘Champagne house which only makes rosé’
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s Château Miraval in Provence has partnered with Champagne Pierre Péters to launch a rosé fizz and create the “only Champagne house which only makes rosé”.
Unfiltered: Zareh Mesrobyan, Cliveden House
Zareh Mesrobyan, head sommelier of Cliveden House, on an expensive wine mix-up, serving Friends star Lisa Kudrow, and his favourite part of his job.
Chardonnay Masters 2019: the results in full
We bring you a full report on the Chardonnay Masters 2019, including all the medallists, and the names to watch, as well as the go-to regions for great barrel-fermented whites – Burgundy included, but Australia-dominated.
Cornish vineyard to open 80 cover restaurant
Trevibban Mill vineyard, near Padstow in Cornwall, is to open a new restaurant championing vegetables and fish in partnership with Bristol’s The Ethicurean restaurant.
Eleven English and Welsh wineries that make their own spirits and vermouth
We’ve rounded up the English and Welsh wineries that have dipped their toes into the world of spirits, from Chapel Down’s Bacchus gin to Albourne’s vermouth, flavoured with 40 botanicals.
Two new wine degree courses launched
Two new wine degree programmes have been launched this year, one offered by the Sonoma State University and the other by NEOMA Business School in France.
WLC Eats: Trivet
WLC’s Lucy Shaw heads to Fat Duck duo Jonny Lake and Isa Bal’s new venture in London Bridge for the best chicken of her life and a bizarre yet beautiful potato pud.
Amuse-bouches: The latest restaurant news bites
We round up the week’s restaurant-related news, from the opening of wine bar and restaurant Peckham Cellars to Pied à Terre’s launch of the ‘£100 Club’.
How you can support the Australian wine industry after the fires
In light of the on-going wildfires in Australia, which have so far burnt an area larger than Portugal, we’ve rounded up some of the ways that you can support the wine industry and affected areas.
New sustainable seafood restaurant in Hastings to champion English wine
Husband and wife duo, Ben and Kate O’Norum, are to open a sustainable seafood restaurant that shines a light on English wine at Hastings Contemporary art gallery.