Richard Corrigan (seen here in his younger days at The Lindsay House, Soho) has just opened Corrigan’s Mayfair and, fortunately, the food is a lot less confusing than the location. For...

London wine merchant Swig , who sell 'artisan wines from around the world', has invited purple pagers to a walk-around tasting of '30 very special Italian wines' selected from the Best 100 Wines...

While Nick was in Boston speaking to a group of leading hoteliers, our son suggested we console ourselves at Terroirs, a brand new very wine-minded establishment just opposite Charing Cross, on a...

Although the contents of the menu at Elettaria, the Indian-influenced restaurant opened by chef Akhtar Nawab and two partners earlier this year in New York’s West Village, are highly...

Here's what the Jaboulet team we saw here yesterday talking about the exceptionally wet 2008 vintage have to say about 2007 in the northen Rhône, and about what might happen to prices....

Please find below the code that purple pagers may use when booking tickets at the forthcoming London tasting of Cotswold wine merchant Bennetts of Chipping Campden. Just insert it after your name...

Cotswold wine merchants Bennetts of Chipping Campden (pictured) are holding a wine tasting in London on Wednesday 26 Nov at St Stephens Club in Queen Anne’s Gate. Tickets are £37.50 a head...

Yesterday I went to a most enjoyable tasting of mainly cask samples from the new regime at Jaboulet organised by UK importers Liberty Wine at Theo Randall's restaurant in London's Intercontinental...

“Who will buy my sweet red grapes?”, as the rose seller in the musical version of Oliver Twist   nearly said. This is becoming a serious concern not just for Australia’s...

As a recent newcomer to London, one of my favourite weekend quests involves finding local wine retailers with interesting selections and decent prices. Not exactly a mission...

On 27 Feb this year, duty rates on all alcohol except spirits were abolished in Hong Kong in a move intended to establish the city as a fine wine hub to rival the likes of London and New York...

One of the things I couldn’t help noticing on my recent trip to New York (apart from the fact that there seemed to be some sort of election on) was how much more embedded in the bar and...

" The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different." Aldous Huxley. The Kathleen &...

Private dining rooms within restaurants have always been popular even if something of a contradiction in that restaurants are ostensibly public, egalitarian places which people visit to see and...

The most interesting thing I learnt at last month’s tasting of smart 2006 bordeaux in bottle in London was that Frédéric Castéja, son of powerful Bordeaux négociant Philippe Castéja, was to...