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Piedmont and Périgord may top gourmands’ list when it comes to pairing wine with truffles, but Oregon’s Willamette Valley is catching up fast.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Coming from the team behind Perilla, newly-opened Exmouth Market wine bar promises a European-focused list.

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”.

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.

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.

Majestic could be poised to rescue London bar chain Vagabond from administration and is “exploring a deal to purchase all or part of the business”, the retailer has confirmed.

Making non-alcoholic beers available on draught in pubs could assist in helping people make healthier choices, a new study has shown.