In the run-up to the 40th André Simon Awards, the drinks business is running an extract from each of the shortlisted books in the drinks category. First of all, Simon Woolf tells the tale of ‘orange’ wines, their past, present and future in his book ‘Amber Revolution‘.

Pub and brewing company Marston’s will scale back its planned expansion in order to pay off some of its £1.2 billion debt pile.

Bollinger is fiercely independent, and its own way of doing things has resulted in increasing popularity for its special edition cuvées, including the jewel in the crown – Vieilles Vignes Françaises.

Pinot Noir has “huge” untapped potential to become one of UK’s leading still wines, a prominent English winemaker has claimed.

Singapore has lifted a ban on the sale of food products containing alcohol, allowing shops to sell alcoholic products such as rum-flavoured ice cream without time constraint.  

Japan’s beer shipments have been dropping for 14 consecutive years, hitting a record low in 2018 with another 2.5% dip, according to figures published by five major breweries last week.

The chef behind the 2017 World’s Best Restaurant, Eleven Madison Park in New York, has confirmed that he will be opening a restaurant at Claridge’s following the closure of Fera late last year.

Renowned Scottish chef Andrew Fairlie, chef patron of his two Michelin-starred restaurant at the Gleneagles Hotel, has died aged 55 following a long battle with a brain tumour.

At auction, the most expensive Moutai can far exceed the value of rare whisky, but with forgeries aplenty, investing in the spirit is not for the faint-hearted. Natalie Wang investigates the market.