Final Deadline
28 February 2026
Judging
Date
23 & 24 March 2026
Winners Announcement
22 April 2026
Blog Archives
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What grows together, goes together
This is Shane McHugh’s approach to matching food and wine. He also says that it is a much more open field today with the plethora of food and wine options out there.
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Dawn of a New Day
Ovidiu Olteanu embraces each day, with something exciting and interesting happening every day including guest interaction, learning something new, meeting with producers and exploring wines.
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Handford Wines’ Greg Sherwood MW on what it takes to run top wine merchants
Handford Wines’ Greg Sherwood MW on why tasting is key to being a top wine merchant
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Lights, Camera, Service Time!
Dylan Maiorano’s favourite time is when service begins at the Margot Restaurant and customers start looking for the sommelier. He’s more than happy to oblige!
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Mark Wrigglesworth on why the Good Wine Shop lives up to its name
London's The Good Wine Shop as a key player, playing its part in building a local community as Mark Wrigglesworth expands his Wine Merchants
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Lenart Cernelic: how growing up with wine has helped me become a better sommelier
Lenart Cernelic looks back on his career that has taken him from Slovenia to some of London’s leading restaurants and bars, to now his new role as manager of JB Parkers in Guernsey.
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Step into a Winter Garden with Marco Iaccarino
A Winter Garden created with exquisite food and matched perfectly with impeccable wines, especially for you. Step in to be blown away.
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When Wine is in your DNA
Rui Paulo Monteiro Pereira has been around wines since he was a kid, crushing them, then as a grown up tasting them and now as a Sommelier knowing and loving them.
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Amber Gardner on making it to the top as a sommelier
Amber Gardner is fast becoming one of the most influential sommeliers working in the UK. Here she shares her insights on what it takes to be a good sommelier and why she is loving her sommelier role at the NoMad hotel in London.