Federico Graziani: An interview with the top Etna winemaker
How did Federico Graziani become a champion sommelier and a star Etna winemaker? Margaret Rand heads to Sicily to find out.
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How did Federico Graziani become a champion sommelier and a star Etna winemaker? Margaret Rand heads to Sicily to find out.
Belfast will lose a stop on the culinary tourist map when Michelin-starred Eipic shuts in December, one of Northern Ireland’s top chefs has warned.
Douglas Blyde makes his way to Mayfair to visit Taku to sample a sake list that could well "contend with the top establishments of Tokyo", and discovers why examples of the beverage from Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido are strangely absent.
Douglas Blyde makes his way to the Richmond outpost of Mayfair icon Scott's. While there, he samples head sommelier Ian Wharton's recommendation of Domaine Lebreuil Savigny-Les-Beaune with monkfish, and sees if there's any truth to the "old adage that fish restaurants fail in the pudding department".
Each year, Michelin releases its UK index – and the restaurant industry either sighs in relief or shrugs in indifference. For some, they're a cause for celebration; others – with frustration – regard them as an increasing irrelevance.