Wine

The must-attend on-trade drinks show is back

The must-attend on-trade drinks show is back

By Sophie Witts

Imbibe Live is back for 2017 with a programme of events, tastings and seminars. Discover the latest drinks trends and experience the very best on-trade brands. Get inspired with new ideas for your venue and network with over 12,000 industry professionals...

How to interest customers in good wine: Noble Rot

Noble Rot: How to interest customers in good wine

By Joe Lutrario & Hannah Thompson

As a new poll shows the British to be clueless about wine, we asked Mark Andrew, co-founder of Noble Rot wine bar and restaurant for his tips on how to change that

“Sussex isn’t the ‘new Champagne’…it’s better”

“Sussex isn’t the ‘new Champagne’…it’s better”

By Hannah Thompson

Alex Preston is sommelier at the Isaac At restaurant in Brighton, which offers not just an English, but an exclusively Sussex wine list. We caught up with him to talk the rise of English wine, what sommeliers should know, and why diners will all soon...

The traditional role of the sommelier has changed in recent years

Sommelier role changes as restaurants embrace informality

By Emma Eversham

Sommeliers in the UK are increasingly being hired for their ability to match more than wine with food say industry experts as restaurants seek to quench the nation’s growing thirst for drinks such as craft beers and boutique spirits and embrace a more...

Gold Service Scholarship Bordeaux

Video Diary

Gold Service Reward trip: Bordeaux 2015

By Liam Garrahan

The Gold Service Scholarship has awarded some of the best young front of house staff in the country with a trip to the French wine destination Bordeaux. BigHospitality joined the group to get a taste of the region.

Jack Lewens and Matthew Young

SMALL TALK

Jack Lewens and Matthew Young on new restaurant Ellory

By Joe Lutrario

The experienced back and front-of-house duo will open their restaurant Ellory at Hackney’s Netil House later this month. Young received rave reviews for his cooking at Mayfields (also in Hackney) and Lewens has worked in the restaurant industry for 20...

Imbibe Live 2015 preview

What's on at Imbibe Live 2015

By Emma Eversham

Imbibe Live, the annual exhibition for anyone who sources, buys or serves drinks in the licensed on-trade is back. Here's our round-up of what's on at this year's show.

The George has re-opened and now houses The Pig & Goose restaurant

London pub re-opens with new restaurant

By Lauren Houghton

The George pub on the Strand has re-opened following an extensive refurbishment and now includes new restaurant The Pig & Goose. 

Chef Claude Compton to open Fulham pub

Chef Claude Compton to open Fulham pub

By James Wallin, M&C Report

Former Petersham Nurseries chef Claude Compton has said he would look to open more pubs if his initial site in Fulham is a success.

Evening dining concept Shindig will be launching at Lantana Soho and Lantana Fitzrovia this September

Shindig to launch at Lantana Café

By Lauren Houghton

Evening dining concept Shindig will be launching at Lantana Old Street and Fitzrovia this September, when both cafes will open with an evening offering centered round surf and turf. 

This year’s Imbibe Live will return to London’s Olympia Grand on 1-2 July

Preview: Imbibe Live 2014

By Lauren Houghton

Imbibe Live, the annual exhibition for anyone who sources, buys or serves drinks in the licensed on-trade, will return to London’s Olympia Grand on 1-2 July.

60-Second Skill: Pouring champagne

60-Second Skill: Pouring champagne

By Melodie Michel

As demonstrated at the Moet UK Sommelier of the Year competition, champagne pouring requires skills and knowledge. BigHospitality gets top tips from this year's winner Kathrine Larsen.

Imbibe Live 2014: Wine events & activity

Imbibe Live 2014: Wine events & activity

By Carina Perkins

Imbibe Live 2014 will feature a programme packed full of wine-related events and activities for visiting sommeliers, wine buyers, operators and bartenders.

Alcoholic drinks: Wine trends and innovations

Alcoholic drinks: Wine trends and innovations

By Carina Perkins

In the third part of our special feature on alcoholic drinks we look at the key trends driving the wine category, which has faced competition from fruit-based cocktails in the on-trade.

Mark Slaney on the Horseshoe, wine and a life in hospitality

Small Talk

Mark Slaney on the Horseshoe, wine and a life in hospitality

By Carina Perkins

Mark Slaney was practically born into the hospitality sector – his parents, grand-parents and great-grand parents were hoteliers. He worked as restaurant manager, head of dining, events manager, head sommelier and consultant before joining the Horseshoe...

Leonid Shutov wants to create 'the most-celebrated restaurant interior inspired by some of the greatest libraries of the world'

Bob Bob Ricard owner plans £15m restaurant

By Luke Nicholls

Leonid Shutov, the man behind Soho’s Bob Bob Ricard, is planning to open ‘London’s largest luxury restaurant’ next year, having acquired the former Just St James site in Mayfair.

The three-floor venue will offer an all-day menu with a choice of seasonal dishes

D&M confirms The Fable details

By Mark Wingett

Drake & Morgan, the highly-regarded, bar-restaurant operator, has confirmed that its seventh site, The Fable, will open next February at Sixty London in Holborn, and said that it has 'many more exciting openings in the pipeline'.

Guglielmo Arnulfo, 24, leaves behind a career as a lawyer and professional rugby player to open Acciuga next Monday (17 June)

Acciuga brings Ligurian cuisine to Kensington High Street

By Luke Nicholls

Former lawyer and professional rugby player Guglielmo Arnulfo is following his lifelong passion for cooking with the launch of his first Italian restaurant, Acciuga, on Kensington High Street next week.

Focus on wine: The most exciting wine regions of 2013

Focus on wine: The most exciting wine regions of 2013

By Emma Eversham

While including popular wines such as a Pinot Grigio from Italy or a Merlot from France on your wine list is a sensible idea, there are times when you might just want to head out of your viticultural comfort zone and add something a little different.

The Sommeliers Bordeaux Grand Cru Black Series is made using non-transparent, lead crystal, and blown into shape using original molds

Riedel launches Black Series Collector's Edition glassware

By Luke Nicholls

Wine glass manufacturer Riedel is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Sommelier range with the release of the ‘Sommeliers Bordeaux Grand Cru’ glass, as part of the Black Series Collector’s Edition.

Eric Zwiebel, sommelier at the Summer Lodge hotel in Dorset, has been named as the fourth best sommelier at a contest in Tokyo

Summer Lodge sommelier named fourth best in the world

By Peter Ruddick

Eric Zwiebel from the Summer Lodge hotel and spa in Dorset has been named as the fourth best sommelier in the world at the finals of the prestigious Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) contest held in Tokyo.