The London Wine Fair has joined forces with The Wine Gang to launch an “Extreme Tasting Challenge” at this year’s show. The competition aims to…
The London Wine Fair has joined forces with The Wine Gang to launch an “Extreme Tasting Challenge” at this year’s show. The competition aims to…
Thornbridge Brewery has resurrected its partnership with Waitrose and Brew UK to launch The Great British Home Brew Challenge for 2017. The competition, which is calling on consumers via the strapline “your chance to join the craft beer revolution”, asks for all beer entries to be submitted by 31 July, 2017. Beers need to be submitted in bottles with crown caps. The brewer whose beer…
Thornbridge Brewery is in the process of recreating the winning beer of the Great British Home Brew Challenge 2016, which will then appear in Waitrose stores next month. Phil Sisson’s Raindrops on Roses has just been announced as the winner for the 2016 Challenge, an event which is supported by Brew UK, Waitrose and Thornbridge Brewery. Sisson’s beer is 5.3% abv and it is a…
An Australian red ale was crowned the world’s best beer for 2016 after an elite panel of judges re-tasted every gold medal winner from the International Beer Challenge. We selected trophy winners from eight categories and then tasted all of them to reach a final winner: Prancing Pony India Red Ale. The 7.9% abv brew is produced in Mount Barker in Greater Adelaide and is…
Oddbins has crowned Steve Saunders from Bristol the UK’s finest amateur wine taster after 21,000 shoppers entered its blind tasting competition. Sixteen finalists gathered in London this month and an expert panel featuring Oddbins buyer Ana Sapungiu, Susie Barrie MW, Peter Richards MW and wine writer Sarah Ahmed chose Saunders, a 41-year- old civil servant from Bristol, as winner of The Palate 2014. The retailer…
Torres has been voted the World’s Most Admired Wine Brand for 2014, usurping last year’s winner Concha y Toro. Casillero del Diablo of CyT finished second with Château Latour in third in this year’s list – a comprehensive industry poll of the world’s best-regarded wines, which is now available to download. This year, OLN’s sister title Drinks International collated votes from more than 200 wine professionals,…
The Whisky Shop has named The Macallan Amber as its Whisky of the Year 2013. More than 300 whiskies were in the running for the accolade but The Macallan single malt outshone the rest as store manager votes were combined with sales data to crown a winner. The Macallan Amber retails at £59.99 and was praised for its vivid colour and strong use of sherry…
