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What happens when a sommelier opens his own restaurant?

Saturday, 14th November 2009

Thierry Tomasin is one of the UK’s top sommeliers who has worked long and hard at Le Gavroche and Aubergine. In 2007 he opened his own restaurant near Hyde Park called Angelus. Henry Rymill went to see him about owning a restaurant, being a sommelier and what he likes to drink.

A whistle-stop tour of California’s Wine Country

Monday, 23rd February 2009

Laura Taylor of Private Cellar gives us the inside running on visiting California’s wine country - part of our occasional series in which wine merchants reveal some of their trade secrets.

Great wines from a great year in the Southern Rhone

Friday, 6th February 2009

Yapp Brothers are very bullish about the 2007 Rhone vintage

Gadgets that perform miracles in the wine glass.

Thursday, 22nd January 2009

There was a very interesting piece in the New York Times this month about gadgets that purport to improve the wine in your glass.

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What happens when a sommelier opens his own restaurant?

Thierry Tomasin is one of the UK’s top sommeliers who has worked long and hard at Le Gavroche and Aubergine. In 2007 he opened his own restaurant near Hyde Park called Angelus. Henry Rymill went to see him about owning a restaurant, being a sommelier and what he likes to drink.

A whistle-stop tour of California’s Wine Country

Laura Taylor of Private Cellar gives us the inside running on visiting California’s wine country - part of our occasional series in which wine merchants reveal some of their trade secrets.

Comic Relief Red Nose wines

The Red Nose wines provide good value and a good feeling according to Henry Rymill.

Realising a passion for wine

Martin Krajewski is a self made man and a very successful businessman, but his real passion is wine. So now he owns a Chateau in Bordeaux and has an interest in a winery in Australia.

Great wines from a great year in the Southern Rhone

Yapp Brothers are very bullish about the 2007 Rhone vintage

The Don Restaurant and Bistro

The Don Restaurant is well suited for bright diners according to Henry Rymill.

Gadgets that perform miracles in the wine glass.

There was a very interesting piece in the New York Times this month about gadgets that purport to improve the wine in your glass.

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