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WLC Eats: The Baptist Bar & Grill
WLC’S resident sybarite, Lucy Shaw, heads to the sumptuous Baptist Bar & Grill at L’oscar hotel in Holborn for divine smoked cod mousse, sinfully good Dover sole and a heavenly Sauternes.
Six vegan wines to try this Veganuary
Whether you’ve been vegan for years or are just trying it out in the name of Veganuary, we’ve selected six wines that you can enjoy which are free from animal products.
Savoy dodger ordered to pay £1,750 for wine
A strapped for cash student caught trying to flee from The Savoy after ordering a £1,750 bottle of Château Mouton Rothschild 2004 has been ordered by a judge to pay back the hotel.
Quinta do Noval: singularity and continuity
Head of Port house Quinta do Noval, Christian Seely, came to London last year to highlight how the producer does things differently, while ensuring stylistic continuity.
London to gain new avant garde Portuguese restaurant
A new restaurant helmed by ex-Portland chef João Ferreira Pinto and sommelier Carolina W Seibel will open in Stoke Newington this week, serving up a menu of modern European plates with an emphasis on Portugal.
Government restrictions on EU migration would ‘devastate’ UK hospitality industry
The government’s plans to place a minimum salary requirement on EU citizens living and working in the UK would be ‘devastating’ for the hospitality industry, according to industry leaders.
Coravin put to the test by 30 somms
Ahead of the Somm360 congress in Montreal last month, Coravin conducted an experiment that proved its wine access system does not adversely affect a wine.
In focus: London sommeliers that make wine
Mirroring the trend of chefs growing ingredients on their own patches of land, a clutch of sommeliers in London are making their own wines in Europe and beyond, to give them something special to sell.
Stevie Parle’s Rotorino to close
Rotorino, chef Stevie Parle’s Italian restaurant in London’s trendy Dalston district, is to close its doors after five years in business.
Six new Master Sommeliers announced following exam resit
The Court of Master Sommeliers has announced six new Master Sommeliers, all of whom have now passed the gruelling exam twice after a scandal earlier this year stripped 23 newly-crowned candidates of their titles.