Etna: A rising force
Nerello Mascalese vines When I last reported on the wines of Etna, back in 2010, the boom had just begun. The Benanti family had been the pioneers of high-quality wine,
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Gridiron restaurant – Flaming kitchen is a hot ticket
Gridiron Kitchen view Gridiron COMO Metropolitan London, 19 Old Park Lane, Mayfair, London, W1K 1LB gridironlondon.com • Style of food: open-flame grill • Wine to try: Château de Cesseras, La
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Championing Aligoté
Domaine A&P de Villaine at Bouzeron in the Côte Chalonnaise If you own land under vine on Burgundy’s legendary Côte d’Or, don’t expect many commiserations. Prices for grand cru vineyards
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Diamond Creek co-founder ‘Boots’ Brounstein dies
Adelle ‘Boots’ Brounstein Brounstein and her late husband Al, who died in 2006, founded Diamond Creek in 1967, achieving a series of firsts over the coming years, including the first
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If you read only one thing… – This week’s must-reads on just-drinks
Here’s a look at the biggest stories and the best content from just-drinks this week.
Anheuser-Busch InBev takes new path in India with Budweiser 0.0 launch
Anheuser-Busch InBev has launched a new non-alcoholic Budweiser in India instead of expanding the roll-out of its existing 0%-abv brand, Budweiser Prohibition Brew.
Majestic Wine to sell stores, retail arm to investment fund for US$115m
UK retail chain Majestic Wine has agreed a GBP95m (US$115m) sale of its Majestic-branded stores and business operations to an investment group owned by Japan’s SoftBank Group.
Majestic Wine sold to private equity firm Fortress
The deal, announced this morning (2nd August 2019), includes Majestic’s 180-plus UK stores, its two shops in France, plus its on-trade division and company headquarters. In an open email to
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Anson: Visiting Vinding-Diers’ Sicily project
Grapes in Sicily Peter Vinding-Diers is an adventurer of the old school. Itinerant, an explorer, always ready with a story, blunt in his opinions and thoroughly good company. Before becoming
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Top DWWA 2019 award-winning Albariño wines
Top DWWA 2019 award-winning Albariño wines to celebrate Albariño Day Light-bodied, fresh and mouth-wateringly acidic, Albariño is an indigenous white grape variety from the Iberian Peninsula that has become popular
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