A 17 day ‘firebreak’ lockdown to begin this Friday, putting nearly 47,000 hospitality jobs in Wales at risk.
We caught up (virtually) with Melody Wong, head sommelier at Skylon, to talk getting ready for reopening, Basque-style cheesecake, and looking after young somms.
We caught up (virtually) with Cambridge Distillery master distiller William Lowe, to talk online onboarding, studying to become master of wine, and RTD Negronis.
We virtually caught up with independent rum specialist and Grenada's Rumboat Retreat owner Lisette Davis, to talk hospitality in the Caribbeans, Ti Punches, and regional tourism.
We virtually caught up with Matteo Bernardi, sommelier of three-Michelin-starred restaurant Le Calandre near Padua, Italy, to talk smiles as uniforms, dusty books, and special-occasion wines.
We virtually caught up with Pierre-Marie Faure, head sommelier at Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, to talk spending time with family, missing the floor, and Gamay.
We virtually caught up with Will Meredith, head bartender at Lyaness in London, to talk cooking, the new role of bartenders and dumb conversations.
We virtually caught up with Bongani Ngwenya, sommelier and front of house manager at the Codfather, Johannesburg, to talk lockdown, starting from the bottom, and black somms in South Africa.
SipAdvisor by Imbibe is our new monthly podcast and our first episode features all-star line-up: the Artesian’s Anna Sebastian; sommelier Jan Konetzki; beer writer Pete Brown; Club Soda’s Laura Willoughby, and ciderologist Gabe Cook.
Following the announcement earlier this year that ‘natural wine’ has been legally recognised in France as Vin méthode nature, our first podcast special edition is entirely dedicated to the subject.
In the second episode of our podcast, we look at what re-opening might look like for the UK’s pubs bars and restaurants – including an interview with on-trade marketing legend Mark McCullough about the 100 Day Playbook, a muse on PPE for hospitality staff, all accompanied by a glass of English fizz for English Wine Week.
SipAdvisor by Imbibe is our monthly podcast. In this third episode, we remember some of the venues that have had to close during the Covid-19 crisis before taking a closer look at the problem of no shows
We virtually caught up with Matteo Bernardi, sommelier of three-Michelin-starred restaurant Le Calandre near Padua, Italy, to talk smiles as uniforms, dusty books, and special-occasion wines.
We virtually caught up with Pierre-Marie Faure, head sommelier at Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, to talk spending time with family, missing the floor, and Gamay.
We virtually caught up with Will Meredith, head bartender at Lyaness in London, to talk cooking, the new role of bartenders and dumb conversations.
We virtually caught up with Bongani Ngwenya, sommelier and front of house manager at the Codfather, Johannesburg, to talk lockdown, starting from the bottom, and black somms in South Africa.
We virtually caught up with the Beaufort Bar at The Savoy's senior bartender to talk The Booze Brain, the new 'normal' and Pimm's in a can.
We virtually caught up with Andre Luis Martins, head sommelier and wine buyer at The Cavalry and Guards Club, which opened its doors to host military personnel involved in the fight against coronavirus.
We virtually caught up with Artesian bar supervisor Giulia Cuccurullo to chat Ted Talks, Campari & soda and exercise apps.
For the second interview of our new series, we virtually caught up with bartender Jack Wakelin, previously of Public, Sheffield, to talk daft bartending videos, natural wine and getting married.
We virtually caught up with the Beaufort Bar at The Savoy's senior bartender to talk The Booze Brain, the new 'normal' and Pimm's in a can.
We virtually caught up with Andre Luis Martins, head sommelier and wine buyer at The Cavalry and Guards Club, which opened its doors to host military personnel involved in the fight against coronavirus.
We virtually caught up with Artesian bar supervisor Giulia Cuccurullo to chat Ted Talks, Campari & soda and exercise apps.
For the second interview of our new series, we virtually caught up with bartender Jack Wakelin, previously of Public, Sheffield, to talk daft bartending videos, natural wine and getting married.
