Wine importer PLB has teamed up with family-owned Australian winery Brown Brothers in the UK

The small Napa Valley town of Yountville is claiming the highest per capita concentration of Michelin stars on the planet.

Molson Coors is putting its hand in its pocket to spread some festive cheer

Forget fancy decor and German kitchens, if there’s one thing that it pays to get right when setting up your bar or restaurant, it’s the lease. Henrietta Clancy looks at how to avoid the common legal pitfalls and learn to love your landlord

Most sommeliers are implacably opposed to BYO. Yet at a time of economic hardship it offers a highly marketable – and highly profitable – way of pulling in the punters. Mark Deamer accepts the role of devil’s advocate and puts the case for the defence

So here it is, Merry Christmas. Everybody’s having fun. Richard Woodard looks to the future, to see whether, for the restaurateurs, it really has only just begun.

Famous chefs are all over the TV screens and bookshop shelves. But where are their sommelier equivalents? Fiona Beckett ponders what it takes to go from red-wine geek to red-carpet chic

Sustainability, organics and carbon-footprinting are still on the up... But what exactly are they, and how can you use them to your advantage? From fridge gadgets to Fairtrade spirits, Alice Lascelles takes a tour of all things green and wonderful

It’s done a huge amount to put Belfast on the cocktail map, so it was sad to see the Merchant Hotel host its last club recently

Liverpool, Nottingham and Clerkenwell in Islington are the first three areas to be awarded a Purple Flag kitemark.

Recent reshuffling in the UK wine trade continues unabated, this time between New Generation Wines and Stokes Fine Wines.

Enotria has acquired the Bath-based wine supplier for an undisclosed sum.

Gastro-pub group ETM ramped up its focus on wine training earlier this month with the launch of a wine academy for staff.

And the award for best bar goes to....

Rising numbers of regular drinkers have stopped buying wine in bars and restaurants, according to new research