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

Hard seltzer sales in the US on-trade hit $1.2 billion

Having blazed a trail at American supermarkets, hard seltzers are also enjoying dramatic growth in the US on-trade, where sales hit US$1.2 billion last year.

Tesco adds 40 new premium wines in latest review

The UK’s largest retailer, Tesco, has ‘plugged a gap’ in its wine range with the addition of around forty new premium wines, including two rosés from Brangelina’s wine brand, Miraval.

Sainsbury’s to open low and no alcohol pop-up pub

The supermarket chain is set to launch a pop-up low-alcohol and alcohol-free pub in London’s Holborn for two days this month called The Clean Vic.