Amuse-bouches: The latest restaurant news bites

In restaurant news this week: Dining out in the UK is predicted to fall by over a third in September, London wine bar Top Cuvée gets ready to open a shop, and a MasterChef: The Professionals finalist prepares to open a West African restaurant in October. 

Annabel’s

New scores for 2020 to be published in May

New Annabel’s restaurant boasts world’s largest collection of Dom Pérignon

Matteo’s, the new Italian restaurant at London private members’ club Annabel’s, is said to boast the largest collection of Dom Pérignon and Sassicaia in the world.

Unfiltered: Erik Simonics

Erik Simonics, head sommelier at Annabel’s, on meeting Rowan Atkinson, drinking cask strength Scotch whisky after a long day, and why his fantasy vineyard would be on the moon.