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Michelin Guide brings its Grapes rating to Champagne
The first Michelin Grapes selection for Champagne arrives on 4 February 2027, extending a wine-estate rating born in Burgundy to France's best-known sparkling region.
World Barista Championship debuts in Panama
Panama City hosts the Specialty Coffee Association's flagship contest for the first time, with more than 50 national champions competing at World of Coffee.
Casa Drummond wins global Best Of Wine Tourism title for Mendoza
Trivento's restored 1940 house in Luján de Cuyo is one of eleven global winners named by the Great Wine Capitals network at a gala in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Brunello di Montalcino 2021 by Fuligni tops Corriere wine guide
The 2027 edition of the Corriere della Sera guide, with wines picked by James Suckling's team from some 7,000 tasted, names a family Brunello as Italy's wine of the year.
Berryman's: Three Sheets duo opens a martini bar in Dalston
Max and Noel Venning go back to Kingsland Road with a 20-capacity, standing-only bar for martinis, wine and Cornish oysters, two doors from the original Three Sheets.
Golden Vines 2026: South Africa claims two rising star nods
Mullineux and Alheit Vineyards take two of three World's Best Rising Star places as the London awards release 2026 nominees earlier than ever.
Blue Bottle opens in Bangkok under a sculpted paper lantern
Blue Bottle Coffee's first two Bangkok cafés opened in August; the EmQuartier flagship now draws design attention for a teak-and-lantern interior by Tokyo studio I IN.
Schmuck lands at No. 11 on the World's 50 Best Bars 2026
The East Village bar also won the Best New Opening award, the highest finish for any New York venue on this year's list.
Opera Bar Sydney reopens on 6 November under Applejack
A deep green redesign by Luchetti Krelle, an all-electric kitchen and a four-section menu built on suburban Sydney producers replace the harbour bar's blue nautical look.
Moët Hennessy AI aims to flag a wine fault before it shows
With Analog Devices and UC Davis, the LVMH drinks arm says sensors caught the risk of fresh mushroom aroma before standard tests did. The data behind that claim is not public.
Phil & Sebastian's Project III sends one farm to three roasters
Calgary's Phil & Sebastian, Proud Mary and MAME each roast a different lot from Panama grower Ratibor Hartmann, sold together as a $170 CAD box set.
Blueprint Coffee passes its tariff refunds back to customers
The St. Louis roaster says it will not keep money refunded after a Supreme Court ruling, arguing the people who paid the tariffs should get it back.
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