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Save our sake: The sommeliers opening up sake for UK drinkers

15 March 2024 by

UK drinkers are yet to be properly introduced to the world of sake, but dedicated sommeliers can see its potential and are making it accessible to all

Business

How to make it in the wine industry as a woman

07 March 2024 by

Against a backdrop of female sommeliers saying the wine industry has a clear gender bias, a movement to celebrate and encourage women is gaining ground

Why Louise Gordon of Hand Picked Hotels is looking for the next generation of sommeliers People

Why Louise Gordon of Hand Picked Hotels is looking for the next generation of sommeliers

17 January 2024 by
Addition of sommeliers to skilled worker list would be a ‘lifeline’ News

Addition of sommeliers to skilled worker list would be a ‘lifeline’

10 October 2023 by
Agnieszka Swiecka named Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2023 News

Agnieszka Swiecka named Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2023

17 July 2023 by
Winners announced for Young Chef and Young Sommelier of the Year 2023 News

Winners announced for Young Chef and Young Sommelier of the Year 2023

15 May 2023 by

Entries open for the Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2023 News

Entries open for the Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2023

14 March 2023 by

The search is on for the Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2023, as entries open[...]

Winners announced for the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs GB Young Professional Awards 2022 News

Winners announced for the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs GB Young Professional Awards 2022

23 May 2022 by

The Chaîne des Rôtisseurs GB Young Professional Awards 2022 crowned Liam Rogers of Gleneagles, Scotland, as[...]

Tasting notes with Emma Denney, assistant head sommelier at the Clove Club Pub & Bar

Tasting notes with Emma Denney, assistant head sommelier at the Clove Club

18 May 2022 by

The assistant head sommelier at the Clove Club, London, on the joy of year-round rosé and[...]

Finalists announced for 2022 Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year News

Finalists announced for 2022 Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year

29 April 2022 by

Twelve candidates have been selected to compete in the 2022 Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year[...]

News

One week left to enter the Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2022

There is just one week left to enter the Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2022, the awards that recognise the very finest talent in wine service."

15 March 2022 by
Free wine service webinar taking place next week News

Free wine service webinar taking place next week

08 March 2022
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A panel of front of house experts will be sharing their expertise on the best way to build your wine list and better engage guests at The Caterer Wine Service Webinar.

Entries open for the Taittinger 2022 Sommelier of the Year News

Entries open for the Taittinger 2022 Sommelier of the Year

10 February 2022
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The hunt is on for the Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2022, as entries open for the awards that will once again recognise the very finest talent in wine service.

Robin Hutson says the future is in English wine, so get planting In-Depth

Robin Hutson says the future is in English wine, so get planting

22 June 2021 by

English wines are booming in popularity, so it will pay – eventually – to plant a[...]

Cabotte founders partner with Galvin brothers to launch sommelier club News

Cabotte founders partner with Galvin brothers to launch sommelier club

03 June 2021 by

Cabotte co-founders Xavier Rousset and Gearoid Devaney are partnering with chef-restaurateurs Chris and Jeff Galvin to[...]

The London Wine Fair announces preview date ahead of sector's reopening Products

The London Wine Fair announces preview date ahead of sector's reopening

23 March 2021 by

This year's London Wine will feature a preview day for the first time in the event's[...]

Profiles

Minute on the clock: Becky Cummings, Copper & Ink

30 October 2020 by

The co-owner of Copper & Ink restaurant in Blackheath, south London, reveals what qualities she looks[...]

Chef

Book review: Wines & Recipes, by Raul Diaz

Sommelier Raul Diaz has worked in the wine trade for 15 years. He teaches Wine & Spirit Education Trust courses at the Corinthia London through his Wine Training School, and is the UK ambassador for VDP German wines."

29 October 2020 by
WSET increases online courses after seeing ‘explosion’ in digital learning News

WSET increases online courses after seeing ‘explosion’ in digital learning

16 April 2020
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The Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) is fast tracking plans to take all its qualifications online after seeing “an explosion” in online learning with classrooms closed due to coronavirus.

Book review: Tasting Victory by Gerard Basset People

Book review: Tasting Victory by Gerard Basset

02 April 2020
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I always knew the late Gerard Basset was special. But reading his newly published autobiography, written shortly after he was diagnosed with oesophagus cancer in 2017, emphasises that the man who has been described as “the world’s favourite sommelier” was[...]

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