Nick on restaurants A pair of Tokyo's best restaurants Exceptional food and drinks in hard-to-find locations. Shimbashi Shimizu and Noyashichi are... 18 May 2025 Nick Lander
Nick on restaurants French influence in Tokyo Casual but top-quality eating in the Japanese capital, with shades of Paris... 4 May 2025 Nick Lander
Don't quote me Jancis's diary – April 2025 A month with a trip to Japan and more very smart bottles... 1 May 2025 Jancis Robinson
Nick on restaurants JAL and BA compared Not strictly a restaurant review, but a look at food and drink... 27 Apr 2025 Nick Lander
Nick on restaurants Eating high and low in Kyoto Michelin stars, eel and a profusion of sakes as the cherry blossom... 20 Apr 2025 Nick Lander
Inside information Japan wine – past and future Winegrowing in Japan has exploded in the last decade. Wine expert and... 10 Apr 2025 Guest contributor
Drinks not wine Shuhari – the Japanese way A revolutionary approach to distilling that relies heavily on the past. Above... 18 Mar 2024 Dave Broom
Free for all WWC23 – Mick Nippard, by Emily Sivey In this entry to our 2023 wine writing competition, wine lover Emily... 22 Aug 2023 Guest contributor
Free for all WWC23 – Shu Komatsu, by Hikaru Takahashi In this entry to our 2023 wine writing competition, sommelier Hikaru Takahashi... 2 Aug 2023 Guest contributor
Drinks not wine Gunma – pioneering terroir sake Can sake be understood through the prism of terroir? Maybe, or maybe... 31 Jan 2023 Tamlyn Currin
Free for all Simon Staples – larger than life The UK wine trade is considerably impoverished. We were shocked to learn... 28 Nov 2022 Jancis Robinson
Nick on restaurants An Asian trio A trip to Japan, China and Thailand without leaving London. With travel... 28 May 2022 Nick Lander
Free for all WWC21 – Koshu Kaido, Japan Rosemary Mitchell writes, 'I am originally from the UK and moved to... 11 Aug 2021 Guest contributor
Free for all Golden Vines applicants – Aki Sudo The 44-year-old Tokyo restaurateur in the shadows above had a lot to... 21 Jul 2021 Guest contributor
Hemming in Asia Wine by numbers: the Asia edition Richard crunches the numbers on wine in Asia. After nearly two years... 12 May 2021 Richard Hemming MW
Free for all Jeanne Vito – a spiritual return to Africa Jeanne Vito is an Afropean wine entrepreneur brought up in Chablis, working... 20 Aug 2020 Guest contributor
