Guy Woodward: Champagne’s snobbery is in danger of bubbling over

GUY WOODWARD

Tim Atkin MW: Celebrating Creole

Compiling a list of the 10 best red and white grapes is an entertaining parlour game for consenting wine lovers. Should Chardonnay trump Riesling and Chenin Blanc? And what about Cabernet Sauvignon? Better or worse than Pinot Noir, Grenache or Nebbiolo? I’ve played this dozens of times around the world and the results differ more than you’d think. Yet some varieties never make the podium. There are more than 5,000 to choose from, but no one ever finds room for Aligoté, Dornfelder or Seyval Blanc.

Q&A: Alexandre Gabriel, MD, Maison Ferrand

What did it mean to the business to win Supreme Champion in Harpers Design Awards?

Q&A: Jim Meehan, co-founder, Banks Rums

Bartender extraordinaire Jim Meehan has been in Europe recently, leaving a trail of wisdom and insight behind him as to what it takes to make it the bar world.

Q&A: Matteo Montone, director of wine, Berners Tavern

Next month Jason Atherton’s Berners Tavern at The London Edition is launching a new series entitled An Introduction to Wine, hosted by director of wine Matteo Montone. On Monday nights 12 guests will be guided through the basics of wine in the restaurant’s private dining room, with each guest receiving 15% off of their bill if they dine in the restaurant afterwards.

Joe Fattorini: Give the people what they (actually) want

JOE FATTORINI

Q&A: Abi Barlow, Barlow & Co.

Barlow & Co. founder Abi Barlow talks Andrew Catchpole through the creative thinking between wine and design

Jerry Lockspeiser: How to win in uncertain times

If we have heard it once we have heard it a thousand times: Business needs clarity to plan.

Q&A: Dean Harper, owner of HarperWells shares his Norwich knowledge

James Lawrence talks Brexit, MUP, millennials and alternative formats with indie Dean Harper of HarperWells

Q&A: Robin Copestick, co-managing director, Freixenet Copestick

It’s hard to overstate the impact that I Heart has had on the trajectory of Robin Copetsick’s business – formerly Copestick Murray and, as of January 1, Freixenet Copestick – and where it is today.

Guy Woodward: Why the trade should keep it simple

Guy Woodward

Tim Atkin MW: Closing off the cork-vs-cap conundrum

TIM ATKIN MW

Q&A: Tom Ashworth, Yapp Brothers

As celebrated Wiltshire merchant Yapp Brothers heads into its 50th anniversary year, chief executive Tom Ashworth talks to James Lawrence about what the months ahead may hold

Q&A: Piotr Pietras MS, independent wine consultant and SITT On-Trade Ambassador

Piotr Pietras MS, former director of wine at London’s Hide, has taken on the newly-created role of on-trade ambassador for SITT (Specialist Importer Trade Tastings). Harpers caught up with him about his plans for the role and for tips on the on-trade wine scene too.

Joe Fattorini: The three days we all become millionaires

JOE FATTORINI IS HEAD OF LONDON SALES AT FIELDS, MORRIS & VERDIN

A thoroughly English affair with Peter Hall, Breaky Bottom

Andrew Catchpole catches up with Breaky Bottom’s inimitable English winemaker

Q&A: Dr Jamie Goode, wine critic, judge and author

Andrew Catchpole catches up with the Goode doctor to discover what makes his critical faculties tick

Jerry Lockspeiser: 2019 - The year 'better' wine died

For the last few years one of my nieces has been developing her clothes retail business. She now has four outlets, three in London and one in Barcelona. She sells vintage clothes, along with a smattering of modern stuff and some accessories.

Guy Woodward: Judging the winemaker, not just the wine

GUY WOODWARD, Louis Roederer International Wine Columnist of the Year 2018

Tim Atkin MW: Wine is never a one man band