With Bowmore teaming up with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage to launch a series of recipes to match its range, we ask a handful of whisky brands to tell us what food works well with their wee drams.
Read more...Mark Linehan, managing director of the Sustainable Restaurant Association, gives the At Your Service newsletter tips on how your establishment can benefit from operating in a more ethical way.
Read more...Find out more about all the latest on-trade events for September and October.
Read more...London's newest niche venue, hot dog and Champagne restaurant Bubbledogs, has opened with the aim of providing guests with a new "experience".
Read more...The Sherry Institute of Spain has announced its Great Sherry Tasting - designed to showcase the largest collection of sherries in the UK - will be held in September.
Read more..."I get nervous if I see a client with no beverage in front of them," says sharp, chic sommelier, Yvonne Cheung, as she rectifies abstinence with Cédric Bouchard's 'Inflorescence'. The clean Champagne represents "a single variety (Pinot Noir), single area (Côte de Val Vilaine, Aube), and single year ('08)," she says.
Read more...Suppliers have to work harder to increase services to pubs restaurants in these cash-strapped times, but rather than being viewed as a hinderance, it is seen as an all-round benefit.
Read more...The trend towards restaurants and bars serving niche products is in growth due to the likes of social media, according to Tristan Stephenson, co-director of Fluid Movement.
Read more...For on-trade suppliers, getting a restaurant buyer to taste your wines can be difficult. We ask five wine buyers to tell us the approach that works best for them.
Read more...Yohann Jousselin MS, who, alongside executive head chef Daniel Galmiche (formerly of Le Gavroche), has moved the traditional goal posts to make wine the central part of the dining menu rather than the other way around. He tells us why.
Read more...Find out more about all the latest on-trade events for August and September.
Read more...Find out more about all the latest on-trade openings for September
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Read more...London sommeliers gearing up for the Olympics are concerned about how traffic congestion may not just affect deliveries, but bookings as well.
Read more...London's first 24-hour restaurant the Duck & Waffle will be aimed at bankers who work unsocial hours, the art community of Shoreditch and people wanting quality food after a night on the town.
Read more...Terry Pennington, commercial director for the UK and Ireland at Santa Rita, talks to Harpers about how the on-trade is coping in Ireland amid the euro crisis and on the back of the fall of the Celtic Tiger.
Read more...For the fifth year running, UK sommelier and pastry chef teams are being challenged to find the ultimate pairing of a Roussillon Vin Doux Naturel with their own dessert creation.
Read more...Find out more about all the latest on-trade events for July and August.
Read more...Find out more about all the latest on-trade openings for July and August.
Read more...The Sommelier of the Year competition is a great platform for sommeliers to demonstrate their skills.
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