Wine
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"The on-trade wine market has unsurprisingly been impacted by the recession as customers try to curb spending in a difficult economic climate," says ViVAS marketing manager Henry John. "
Posted: 24 July 2009 | 10:30
ViVAS, the 3663 wine business, works with the Priory Arms in Stockport, London, and with the Cross Keys in Henley to devise improved wine lists that better complement their food.
Posted: 23 July 2009 | 15:32
As master sommelier, Master of Wine and owner of Hotel TerraVina in the New Forest, the UK's "Godfather of Wine" Gerard Basset has impeccable credentials and his advice on becoming a sommelier is essential reading for anyone considering a move into wine service.
Posted: 22 July 2009 | 15:27
Four Great British sommeliers share their experiences of the job: the highs, the lows and the impact their nationality has had on their role. Fiona Sims listens in.
Posted: 22 July 2009 | 15:27
If you don't tell your customers about your wines, you're not going to sell them. James Aufenast provides 10 ways of marketing your vinous assets.
Posted: 22 July 2009 | 15:27
Yohann Jousselin, head sommelier at the Hotel du Vin in Winchester, has been named the UK’s Young Sommelier of the Year. Jousselin, who was runner-up in the UK Sommelier of the Year competition earlier this year, beat five other finalists to win the title. Second place went to Erica Laler ...
Posted: 15 June 2009 | 12:45
The UK wine market shrank last year after more than a decade’s growth and is not expected to recover in volume terms until 2011, according to a new report.
Wine UK 2009 from research firm Mintel shows that UK wine sales by volume actually shrank 2% last year to 1.162 billion litres.
Posted: 12 June 2009 | 16:37
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Pub report triggers fury and libel claims; Hutton Collins is Carluccio’s mystery suitor; Ramsay protégé launches cook book for moods; Crimestoppers to reconstruct ...
Posted: 18 May 2009 | 10:09
Laura Rhys from Gerard Basset’s Hotel TerraVina in Southampton has been named as the Academy of Food & Wine’s UK Sommelier of the Year 2009.
Posted: 30 April 2009 | 12:22
Most people don't make a decision about what they are going to drink until they get to the bar, so make sure that your wine offering is clearly visible in an impactful display with clear pricing. Placing tent cards and table-talkers around the venue is another way to signpost your offering by the glass and is a great tool for advertising promotions.
Posted: 24 April 2009 | 15:17
He transformed London's cocktail bars in the 1990s, bringing in experts Dick Bradsell and Dale DeGroff and a new commitment to training to help revamp a moribund scene. Jonathan Downey has since opened bars across the world in the same vein, but a year ago he turned to wine, attempting to give it the same kind of life at the East Room in Shoreditch. And, he tells James Aufenast, he's not finished there
Posted: 17 April 2009 | 00:00
Wine dinners and other beverage-pairing events drive traffic by giving guests experiences in addition to great meals.
Posted: 09 April 2009 | 10:39
The Academy of Food & Wine has announced the 15 national semi-finalists of the 2009 UK Sommelier of the Year competition.
Posted: 03 March 2009 | 07:00
Rupert Ellwood is managing director of Vinopolis, the wine-tasting venue near London Bridge, which has recently been granted planning permission to extend its offer by creating a new restaurant and shopping boulevard. He spoke to Kerstin Kühn
Posted: 26 February 2009 | 00:00
The Academy of Food & Wine (AFW) has announced the launch of a new competition designed to encourage kitchen and service professionals to work together more closely.
Posted: 23 February 2009 | 14:45
London-based wine-tasting destination Vinopolis has been granted planning permission to extend its offer by creating a new restaurant and shopping boulevard.
Posted: 12 February 2009 | 16:35
It's a grape associated with all the terrible German wine imagery that led to the country's vinous fall from grace. Yet, says Fiona Sims, Riesling could be a star performer above all others on the list - if only it could be sold properly
Posted: 27 January 2009 | 11:48
You wouldn't think it from the cursory way restaurant critics pass over most
wine lists, but drink sales represent about 40% of average restaurant turnover
and an even higher proportion of profit. On the following pages Peter
McCombie insists that operators should pay more attention to the bottles that
they're stocking, and highlights some star performers who are managing the
highest takings from wine
Posted: 27 January 2009 | 11:24
Wine expert Gerard Basset provide wine tips with Tom Aikens's head sommelier, Gearoid Devaney.
Amanda Afiya and Katherine Alano were on hand to capture it all on video
Posted: 22 January 2009 | 17:33
The owners of one of South Africa’s best known wine estates are set to launch a restaurant in London this year, Caterersearch can reveal.
Posted: 06 January 2009 | 09:00
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