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Addition of sommeliers to skilled worker list would be a ‘lifeline’

10 October 2023 by

Sommeliers have responded positively to the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) recommendation that the role should be added to the skilled worker visa list, saying it would be a “lifeline” to the sector if the move is upheld by government.

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Agnieszka Swiecka named Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2023

17 July 2023 by

Agnieszka Swiecka has been crowned Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2023 at the London Hilton Park Lane after “one of the closest” finals in the competition’s history.

Winners announced for Young Chef and Young Sommelier of the Year 2023 News

Winners announced for Young Chef and Young Sommelier of the Year 2023

15 May 2023 by
Entries open for the Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2023 News

Entries open for the Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2023

14 March 2023 by
Winners announced for the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs GB Young Professional Awards 2022 News

Winners announced for the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs GB Young Professional Awards 2022

23 May 2022 by
Tasting notes with Emma Denney, assistant head sommelier at the Clove Club Pub & Bar

Tasting notes with Emma Denney, assistant head sommelier at the Clove Club

18 May 2022 by

Finalists announced for 2022 Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year News

Finalists announced for 2022 Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year

29 April 2022 by

Twelve candidates have been selected to compete in the 2022 Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year[...]

One week left to enter the Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2022 News

One week left to enter the Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2022

15 March 2022 by

There is just one week left to enter the Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2022,[...]

Free wine service webinar taking place next week News

Free wine service webinar taking place next week

08 March 2022 by

A panel of front of house experts will be sharing their expertise on the best way[...]

Entries open for the Taittinger 2022 Sommelier of the Year News

Entries open for the Taittinger 2022 Sommelier of the Year

10 February 2022 by

The hunt is on for the Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2022, as entries open[...]

In-Depth

Robin Hutson says the future is in English wine, so get planting

English wines are booming in popularity, so it will pay – eventually – to plant a vineyard, says Robin Hutson."

22 June 2021 by
Cabotte founders partner with Galvin brothers to launch sommelier club News

Cabotte founders partner with Galvin brothers to launch sommelier club

03 June 2021
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Cabotte co-founders Xavier Rousset and Gearoid Devaney are partnering with chef-restaurateurs Chris and Jeff Galvin to launch a monthly lunch club for sommeliers.

The London Wine Fair announces preview date ahead of sector's reopening Products

The London Wine Fair announces preview date ahead of sector's reopening

23 March 2021
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This year's London Wine will feature a preview day for the first time in the event's 40-year history.

Profiles

Minute on the clock: Becky Cummings, Copper & Ink

30 October 2020 by

The co-owner of Copper & Ink restaurant in Blackheath, south London, reveals what qualities she looks[...]

Book review: Wines & Recipes, by Raul Diaz Chef

Book review: Wines & Recipes, by Raul Diaz

29 October 2020 by

Sommelier Raul Diaz has worked in the wine trade for 15 years. He teaches Wine &[...]

WSET increases online courses after seeing ‘explosion’ in digital learning News

WSET increases online courses after seeing ‘explosion’ in digital learning

16 April 2020 by

The Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) is fast tracking plans to take all its qualifications[...]

Book review: Tasting Victory by Gerard Basset People

Book review: Tasting Victory by Gerard Basset

02 April 2020 by

I always knew the late Gerard Basset was special. But reading his newly published autobiography, written[...]

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Book extract: Tasting Victory by Gerard Basset

Fourteen months after the untimely death of Gerard Basset at the age of 61, an autobiography by the undisputed king of sommeliers has been published. Here we reproduce three extracts"

02 April 2020 by
Minute on the clock: Terri Dell Profiles

Minute on the clock: Terri Dell

20 March 2020
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Terri Dell is the general manager of Brookmans Park in Hertfordshire, part of Peach Pubs. She tells Lisa Jenkins how Wine & Spirit Education Trust training and her Acorn Award has helped boost her career, skills and morale

Tasting notes: Jenny Pagoni, founder of Ampéli People

Tasting notes: Jenny Pagoni, founder of Ampéli

13 March 2020
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The founder of Ampéli, an Eastern Mediterranean-inspired restaurant in Fitzrovia that serves exclusively Greek wines, on how she steers customers to unknown terroirs

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