Harveys Cellars in Bristol reopen as sherry and tapas bar

There’s a battle going on for premium position on the digestif trolley, and it’s one that doesn’t favour the little guy. Our panellists strike a blow for the underdog with a flight of 15- to 20-year-old Armagnacs. Clinton Cawood report

Holograms, vintage champagne, and some great food matches - the launch of Dom Pérignon 2003.

Ilkley Brewery and Harrogate chef draw up beer and food-pairing chart

The Isle of Skye is the latest battleground in the war for recognition of beer’s ability to pair with top-end food.

Beer can be best for classic, hearty dishes, but how to choose? Will Beckett heads to the kitchen to find out

Older vintage champagne might not be the easiest of sells, but it can give you amazing options for food matching. Particularly, says Margaret Rand, with trickier dishes

It’s tough to get past consumer prejudice and sell Riesling, especially from Europe. But it can be done. Really… Margaret Rand talks to some top sommeliers to find out how

Many pink wines are more akin to dental mouthwash than wine. If it’s a bit of the gen-u-wine food-friendly rosé you’re after, guv’nor, you want to be lookin’ at this Provence stuff, says Giles Fallowfield

Matching wines with the complex and often spicy flavours of Szechuan cuisine is a real challenge. Margaret Rand meets two brothers who have devised a system that means you need never again be stuck between a wok and a hard place...

After the pressure of the Bartenders v Sommeliers Challenge, our thirsty teams headed off for a relaxed evening of beer and food matching. Nigel Huddleston reports on an event that stimulated creative juices as well as tastebuds

Which style of Chianti is best with food, those with international grapes, or those that are 100% Italian? Chris Losh joins a team of tasters to put Italy’s best-known to the test

In the second of our three-part series on the basics of food and wine-matching, Hakkasan’s wine buyer Christine Parkinson tells us how to go about pairing wines with meat