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. 

wine education

New scores for 2020 to be published in May

Two new wine degree courses launched

Two new wine degree programmes have been launched this year, one offered by the Sonoma State University and the other by NEOMA Business School in France. 

Mail order wine education service launched

Young entrepreneur Joshua Lachkovic has launched a mail order wine education service called The Wine List in a bid to demystify the subject for amateur enthusiasts.

WSET hosts record-breaking tasting

In London this week, The Wine and Spirit Education Trust hosted the largest-ever-recorded, sommelier-led, wine and food pairing masterclass.