Medlar Restaurant sommelier fifth time lucky in competition

National Pub and Bar Careers scheme launched today

Aspall’s Henry Chevallier-Guild talks to Susanna Forbes about cider and sushi, looking like Jesus and the annual World Pickled Egg Championships

The UK snags the Dessert Trophy in this week's European final

Semi-finalists for the Moët UK Sommelier of the Year 2013 announced

Bombay Sapphire gains a master distiller

Diageo Reserve World Class is back for 2013 – and it’s bigger and better than ever. Imbibe sits in on the first round of regional heats

At a time when pubs are closing at a terrifying rate, Bath Ales has opened three venues in the last year.

The elite of the drinks trade turned out in force for Imbibe’s Personality of the Year Awards 2013. Who won? Andrew Catchpole reports back

The owner of Manchester’s Tiki temple, The Liars Club, on baked beans, dead fish and Jessica Rabbit

All the winners from this evening's awards ceremony at Paramount in London

Wine expert Nick Tarayan has died, seven and a half years after a heart attack left him in a vegetative state. Tarayan was a successful and respected member of the wine trade, both within the on-trade and as a journalist. He acted as a consultant in setting up Adam Street Members Club, set up a company to distribute…

The Champagne Bureau announcers winners of Champagne Scholarship 2013

Spurred on by a Riesling renaissance in the US, a group of committed growers are resurrecting some of Germany’s finest, steepest and most labour-intensive vineyards. Anne Krebiehl dons her crampons to see some of the once-abandoned plots that have been brought back to life

Is it a bartender? Is it a sommelier? No, it’s service industry superman Stuart McCluskey – the brains behind Edinburgh’s The Bon Vivant bars and a host of other businesses besides. Laura Foster manages to get him to sit still for five minutes