Published: 05 March, 2013
Primo Franco, of Prosecco producer, Nino Franco, marked 30 years since he produced his first vintage by hosting a lunch at Hawksmoor restaurant, Air Street, Mayfair. Franco mentions that his choice of restaurant - the latest in the clubby Hawksmoor quartet, and first to offer dishes devised by celebrity fisherman, Mitch Tonks alongside signature steak - happens to lie close to the recently-refurbished five star, Café Royal. It was in those kitchens during the early 1970s, explains Franco with a wry smile, that he toiled as a kitchen porter. After his first shift, during which he confronted "an endless seeming conveyor of dishes", the disorientated, young navvy found himself spending the bulk of his earnings on the taxi home to Acton.
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Published: 15 February, 2013
European wines made from indigenous varieties are providing independent wine merchants with much more scope for growth compared with the New World's offering.
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Published: 18 January, 2013
How many consumers have really embraced Italian diversity? And for those that haven't, is it because they find it too complex or....
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Published: 18 January, 2013
PLB is to launch its second UK Regional Roadshow tour with its specialist portfolio and has further announced it will join forces with Hatch Mansfield for the Scottish leg of the tour.
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Published: 19 December, 2012
The Italian-based biodynamic producer Avignonesi Winery has acquired its third vineyard in 18 months, making it one of the region's largest producers of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.
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Published: 18 December, 2012
French winemaker Muriel Lismonde, owner of Tour de Belfort, has opened wine and cookery school Le Vin La Table in Hale, which aims to offer variety of wine tastings, cookery classes and workshops.
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Published: 26 November, 2012
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Published: 21 November, 2012
In defiance of the winter weather the new light drink Sprizzatois aiming to bring some Italian sunshine to the UK market.
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Published: 15 November, 2012
A sustainable irrigation system linked to a reservoir, has made a significant difference in this year's harvest, according to winemaker Stefano Girelli.
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Published: 15 November, 2012
A sustainable irrigation system linked to a reservoir made a significant difference to this year's harvest, according to winemaker Stefano Girelli.
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Published: 30 October, 2012
The Italian Ministry of Agriculture has agreed to relax laws on wines allowed to be bottled under screwcap, but renowned expert David Gleave MW of Liberty says it hasn't gone far enough.
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Published: 30 October, 2012
Rock and roll in appearance, and relaxed in manner, Wayne Young hosted a tasting of the wines of Joe Bastianich's Friuli vineyards this week in London with UK agent Bibendum.
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Published: 25 October, 2012
Bedecked in stripes, from suit to socks, Sandro Boscaini, president of Masi Agricola, was in town earlier this month to celebrate the launch of a hardback book about arguably the best-known wine from Valpolicella, from where he was born. 'Amarone - The Making of an Italian Wine Phenomenon' is written by British expat, Kate Singleton (who also collaborated on Wines of Sicily and The Golden Book of Chocolate). Six corks, one embossed, grace its cover.
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Published: 19 October, 2012
In contrast to the wettest British summer for a century, Piedmont enjoyed such a dry, sunny growing season that the harvest was completed much earlier than normal.
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Published: 17 October, 2012
Online travel website TripAdvisor has announced the European winners of its 2012 Travellers' Choice Wine Destinations Awards.
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Published: 02 October, 2012
The European Commission has added its weight to the list of countries that have objected to Scotland's plans for minimum unit pricing.
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Published: 02 October, 2012
The European Commission has added its weight to the list of countries that have objected to Scotland's plans for minimum unit pricing.
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Published: 27 September, 2012
WSTA chief executive Miles Beale has warned that the government's U-turn on minimum pricing would lead to a "pause" in the industry's co-operation.
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Published: 29 August, 2012
As September looms, the wine industry in the northern hemisphere is keeping an anxious eye on its crops, with many having experienced unusual weather conditions earlier this year.
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Morrisons is to take on two new wines from the Italian wine co-operative Caviro - Pinot Grigio Blush delle Venezie IGT and Garganega Pinot Grigio delle Venezie IGT.
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