SWA medal haul lends sparkle to 2025 results The results are in for this year’s Sommelier Wine...
Greek by birth and sommelier by choice, the inimitable Klearhos Kanellakis has few peers in the...
Canal The latest brilliant idea from the team behind Ham Restaurants, Canal is a modern European...
Sense and seasonality In recent years, producers of super-pale, aromatic rosé have invested...
Q&A: Elizabeth Mellish, head sommelier at Gleneagles Townhouse, Edinburgh Elizabeth Mellish...
New Kids on the Block Boxcar Fire & Wine Much-loved by the Marylebone set, Boxcar Bar & Grill...
English sparkling wine and the trend setters In March 2016, then secretary of state for...
Q&A: Natalja Senina, head sommelier, Chewton Glen Hotel Passionate, engaging, unpretentious...
New Kids on the Block The Swine Bistro Aficionados of all things porcine need to get acquainted...
New Kids on the Block Templar Richard Sinclair, head chef at the newly opened Templar in...
Redefining the wine list Can the traditional wine bible, encased in pungent leather and...
Q&A: Dario Barbato, head of wine & wine buyer, San Carlo Group In an industry full of prodigious...
Bible bashing In 2015, Christopher Cooper, former head sommelier of the Soho House Group, told a...
Q&A: Elly Owen, wine director, The Old Garage Elly Owen has a momentum that would put Usain Bolt...
Gordon Ramsay at 22 Bishopsgate The Gordon Ramsay empire is, quite literally, in the ascendant...
Strength and sobriety By now you've probably heard: sobriety and abstinence are becoming as...
Q&A: Diana Rollan, group head of beverage, D&D London Diana Rollan is a force of nature: the...
The Restaurant At Hambledon Wine Estate UK wine tourism is poised to receive a major boost next...
After the sledgehammer blow inflicted by Rachel Reeves' tendentious budget, one might expect to...
There are few London-based sommeliers more passionate, talented and downright charming than...
New Kids on the Block Amélie The menu at this ode to Gallic 'je ne sais quoi' celebrates the...
Wine by the glass comes of age It's hard not to worry about the rising moderation trend and its...
Q&A: Milena De Waele, head sommelier at Pétrus by Gordon Ramsay Dangerously affable and...
Q&A: Emer Landgraf, head sommelier at The Clove Club Winner of the IWC Restaurant Wine award...
SWA trophy winners 2024 recap. Could you be one of our 2025 winners? Back in July, we were...
New Kids on the Block Ardor Cornwall's food scene has been given a shot in the arm with the...
Toasting on-trade success with the best in the business and wines for every list, here we...
Q&A: Nikos Emner, assistant wine director, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal Our diverse hospitality...
In focus: SWA’s extra awards What has always set the Sommelier Wine Awards apart from other...
New Kids on the Block The Tartan Fox by Adam Handling Remember when a pub's vinous offering...
Movers and Shakers Emma Denney wins Ruinart Challenge Sommelier Wine Awards judge Emma Denney...
Since we finished judging at the Sommelier Wine Awards, the SWA team have been busy crunching...
After a four-year hiatus, the Sommelier Wine Awards (SWA) – the UK’s only wine competition aimed...
Q&A: Vanessa Stoltz, head sommelier at Restaurant Pine, Newcastle upon Tyne The UK wine trade...
Lita London is crying out for more unpretentious bistros that don't cost the earth, and Lita is...
All change at the NoMad hotel Swedish-born wine guru Bella Babbit, erstwhile wine director of...
There’s much more to fizz beyond Champagne and the quality is high, as consumers are discovering....
One of London's rising stars, Emma Denney is a former competitive dancer who cut her wine teeth...
abc kitchens No expense was spared in bringing abc kitchens to life – the latest branch of Jean...
Following a pandemic-induced hiatus, the Sommelier Wine Awards (SWA) made a lively return last...
Arlington London's erstwhile celebrity haunt Le Caprice has been given a new lease of life this...
Changing perceptions of what constitutes fine wine are leading to a shake-up of the traditionally...
Born in Lyon, superstar sommelier Lucas Paligot joined the team at Hélène Darroze at The...
Morchella Named after the much-loved chef favourite, Morchella (morel) has brought a touch of...
Charming, passionate and dangerously talented, the inimitable Marcello Colletti is head sommelier...
Has the language of wine and its demarcation between Old World and New World become outdated...
Josephine Chelsea Claude Bosi (ex-Bibendum) and his wife Lucy are poised to bring a little...
After a spell at J Sheekey, Roka and The Ritz, where he spent six years, Matteo Furlan was...
What does a great – and commercially successful - wine list look like in 2024? A concise, quirky...
A round up of December's new openings
The inimitable Bella Babbit has brought diversity, excitement, and value to the wine list at...
Hospitality businesses have long relied on a significant portion of global talent - individuals...
Save the date – Imbibe Live 2024 – where the winners of SWA 2024 will be announced
James Lawrence looks at the evolving role of the sommelier in today's changing hospitality scene.
A roundup of this months new openings
London's hospitality industry would be all the poorer without Stefan Neumann MS. The sommelier...
Somms to be eligible for skilled worker visa
ISA Bal MS to chair Sommelier Wine Awards
We are delighted to announce that the leading wine competition for the on trade is back in...