If you imagine that the WSET Level 1 award is your Scout badge for being able to identify different types of knots, Level 2 teaches you to tie them correctly.
You and your pub could be immortalised as a winner of one of the three specialist awards categories open to entry at next year’s Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs Awards.
Honesty and transparency in drinks creation is important, but so is the skill of a good blend. It is something that has been overlooked for some time. Why? Because, these days, we’re a bit suspicious of anything rogue. Is there horse meat in it? Nuts?...
The Truscott Cellar, the latest venture from award-winning operators Andrew and Mary-Jane Fishwick, opened its doors to the public on Saturday, 12 September.
Four-fifths of wine drinkers (79%) admitted to changing brands or having no brand loyalty, the latest market report from the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has revealed.
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) and the Court of Master Sommeliers Europe (CMS) have joined forces to publish a recommended career path for aspiring sommeliers in the UK.
Christmas may seem to be in the distance, but planning is everything when approaching this critical time of year. Laurie MacDonald learns how to create the perfect festive bar.
While alcoholic drinks remain a core part of many adults’ food and drink repertoires, new research from Mintel reveals almost one in five (17%) British drinkers expect to reduce their consumption over the next year, with saving money being the number...
I’m learning about wine. It felt like time. It’s something I have resisted for ages. I’m on a quest to find out the business merits for people thinking of taking the WSET exams. So, I’m sitting them. All of them. From start to finish. Until my brain gives...
The licensed trade is facing increased opposition from the off-trade sector when it comes to wine, results from the 2015 International Wine Challenge (IWC) indicate.
Rumours of a possible summer prosecco shortage have sparked frenzied speculation in the industry and national media over whether the world will face a shortage of the Italian tipple, and for the trade, if will prices increase.
Upmarket Italian prosecco Scavi & Ray is to receive a national roll-out after Proof Drinks announced it is to take on the brand’s UK distribution rights.
Almost two thirds of consumers have drunk at a pub or bar in the last month, compared to almost 8 in 10 that have drunk at home, new figures have revealed.
Smirnoff vodka and Guinness beer owner, Diageo, will become the first drinks company to provide drinkers with information on both nutritional information and alcohol content per typical serve, it announced today (19 March 2015).
I touched upon the growing popularity of wine at the top end of the pub market last month – with a whopping 47% increase in wine sales in gastropubs according to CGA figures.
The London Wine Fair (LWF) is set to extend its beer tasting area at this year’s event (18 to 20 May), following the success of the initiative last year.
According to Back to the Future Part II we should all be drinking $50 vitamin-enriched Pepsi Perfect this year but the prediction hasn’t been entirely accurate.
Gastropubs are leading the charge in on-trade wine sales at the top end of the market - posting wine sales up a whopping 47% by volume, according to new figures from CGA.
Starbucks is planning to roll out its evening concept – which includes the sale of alcohol – to other UK stores after its debut at the coffee giant’s Stansted Airport outlet.
Wine and spirits sales are becoming increasingly important to the on-trade and now account for almost half of the value of all drinks sales in new openings, exclusive figures have revealed.
A bar in Newcastle is offering “50 Shots of Grey” to capitalise on the hype around the forthcoming 50 Shades of Grey film, set to be released in the UK on 13 February.
Accolade Wines has launched a tea-infused zero alcohol sparkling wine under its Echo Falls label, to tap into the growing no- and low alcohol drinks market.
Italian makers of Prosecco are threatening to fine UK pubs and bars up to 20,000 euros for selling the sparkling wine on tap instead of by the bottle, The Telegraph reports.
Try January, the campaign that calls on pubs and bars to reclaim January and challenge people to try new drinks and dishes and make the month more inspiring and experimental, has gathered further momentum with more operators, including Punch Taverns,...
The Publican’s Morning Advertiser today launches a campaign for pubs and bars to reclaim January and challenge people to try new drinks and dishes and make the month more inspiring and experimental.
New figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have claimed that UK consumers spend more every year on illegal drugs and prostitution than beer and wine.
