As the shutters are at last put into place and the shop is closed for Christmas, Alastair Peebles – who worked for Berry Bros & Rudd from 1970 until 1986 and, for nine years, was in charge of the Wine Division – recalls the unique, and rather magical, atmosphere of Christmases past I have just […]

Much has changed since Simon Field MW, our Rhône buyer, first started to select the region’s wines for our list. Here he reports on 2012 – a vintage that’s more Audrey than Marilyn Monroe, he says. Our annual Autumnal pilgrimage to the Rhône Valley used to be quite a modest affair; we would arrive in […]

Food critic Giles Coren loved it. The Telegraph’s Charles Spencer loathed it. With an open mind and a healthy appetite, Ellie Foulkes takes on the Royal Court Theatre’s sell-out culinary adventure, Gastronauts It’s a Tuesday evening and I’m standing with 59 people in a low-lit room, surrounded by flashing lights and ghostly voices. Through a […]