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. 

Ian Botham

New scores for 2020 to be published in May

Second innings: Botham looks to Britain for latest wine launch

Having made a splash with his own-name wine brand last year, cricketing hero Sir Ian Botham has joined forces with Kent winery Hush Heath Estate to launch a range of quintessentially English wines.

Botham and Tesco back English rosé wine

the drinks business witnessed a major moment for the English wine industry this week as the first bottles of a Sir Ian Botham-backed rosé from Hush Heath Estate in Kent were labelled and readied for Tesco.

Benchmark Drinks becomes Fecovita’s UK distributor

Benchmark Drinks, which distributes Sir Ian Botham and Graham Norton’s wines in the UK, has been named as the exclusive UK distributor for Argentine wine giant Fecovita.

Ian Botham: I hate the term ‘celebrity wine’

“I hate the term celebrity wine,” said Sir Ian Botham, during an exclusive interview at the launch of his own Chardonnay, Shiraz and Cabernet in London earlier this year.