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. 

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New scores for 2020 to be published in May

Australian fires: Vineyard damage reported in New South Wales

Following news that as much as a third of vines growing in South Australia’s Adelaide Hills have been burnt, damage has been reported in the state of New South Wales, specifically in the Tumbarumba region.

Fundraising page set up after South Africa’s Lismore Estate destroyed in fire

The wine industry has vowed to support Samantha O’Keefe, owner and winemaker at South Africa’s Lismore Estate, who lost her winery and home in a fire, believed to be arson, this week.