Wine - Hospitality

APPG set up to probe illicit trade

25-Aug-2017 By Fred A'Court

MPs will investigate illicit trade across a range of sectors, including alcohol, as part of a new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) formed to push the problem up the political agenda.

Meet the GBPA nominees: Best Wine Bar/Pub

23-Aug-2017 By Ed Bedington

Our penultimate set of previews for the finalists in this year’s John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards are the nominees in the Best Wine Bar/Pub category.

My Pub: The Boot, Sarratt

23-Aug-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Zoe Eliasson’s parents met at the Boot, which dates from 1739, and she worked there as a teenager. Since taking over in 2010, she and her chef partner Nick Idle have invested heavily in the pub, which won a Great British Pub Award for Best Family Pub last...

Your guide to Imbibe Live 2017

27-Jun-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Plan your visit to the UK’s leading on-trade show, with our round-up of what's on, who’s there and what's happening for 2017.

Alcohol delivery service scolded by ASA over ‘unwise’ memes

24-May-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

A drinks company that delivers alcohol to people’s homes struck the wrong chord with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after using memes promoting “unwise” alcohol consumption.

Rock ’n’ Roll star Sting speaks about his vineyard, love of wine, and singing in cellars

11-Apr-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Sitting poised in an elegant and dark underground restaurant, a stone’s throw from The Ritz, journalists and wine enthusiasts sit not so close to each other sipping – some spitting – wines made from Rock ’n’ Roll legend Sting’s Tuscan vineyard.

St Austell rebrands wine division

03-Apr-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

Cornish brewer and pubco St Austell has rebranded and relaunched its dedicated wine division.

How to make: 'perfectly wobbly' panna cotta

30-Mar-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

Emily Scott’s Cornish pub the St Tudy Inn came 39th in this year’s Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs awards. Here’s a classic dessert ideal for ending a lavish meal.

Grape expectations: how wine is evolving in the pub sector

16-Mar-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

Ordering a glass of house wine in the local used to result in receiving a drink that tasted more like sulphuric acid than Syrah. Thankfully for customers’ stomach linings, those days are over.

Bar staff insider: customer's rights

15-Feb-2017 By Bar staff insider

When refusing to serve a customer for theirs and your own sake, said customer doesn’t always see it the same way.

2017 wine trends: Prosecco reigns but Italian reds poised for growth

08-Feb-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

Prosecco may be Brits' favourite wine, but lesser-known Italian regions are poised for greater popularity, according to a leading wine expert.

Wine

The Wine Guide – your 101 to wine in pubs

20-Oct-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

It shouldn’t really come as a great surprise that wine doesn’t have it all its own way in the setting of a pub, but growth is singularly lacking and the perceived wisdom is that it should be doing better. In our Wine Guide we take a good look at the on-trade’s...

Wine

Greene King helps licensees ‘take the mystery out of wine’

15-Sep-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Pubco Greene King has launched a free wine and spirits tool kit to help operators drive sales in the categories, which it claims can be challenging for licensees who feel they “lack the expertise” to put together a strong offer.

Guidelines

Protz: Drinking guidelines 'bad science'

13-Sep-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Beer writer and editor of the Good Beer Guide Roger Protz has slammed guidance from the Chief Medical Officer that men and women should drink no more than 14 units a week.