After Decades of Declining Sherry Popularity, Radical Change Is Coming to Jerez

BY JASON WILSON Photography by Tom Arena, Prop Styling by Monica Simon  I’ve been to Jerez de la Frontera numerous times, mostly to visit the cavernous cellars filled floor-to-ceiling with casks of Sherry. Those visits to the famed Sherry houses have always been about the barrel. On every tour, there’s always a cutaway view of a barrel, demonstrating the … Read more

‘Five Star Chef’ On Netflix, A Cooking Competition Where A Job Running The Kitchen At A Top London Restaurant Is The Prize

The Netflix Series is a riveting series for all foodies. Five Star Chef is a cooking competition that offers the winner a big prize: The head chef position at The Langham’s Palm Court restaurant. Judging along with Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux will be restauranteur Mike Reid and top pastry chef Ravneet Gill. This series is for … Read more

IWFS Global Grapevine Nov 2023

Message from the Honorary President Chris BonsallIt seems rather strange to be writing to you about the pleasures of the table with the world yet again in turmoil. The human spirit needs, however, to find joy amongst all that besets it and there are few finer things than to share great wine and food with friends, … Read more

Why consumer wine clubs are the future of fine wine in Canada

By Malcolm Jolley|Posted on October 27, 2023 I sporadically organize an amateur wine club with a small group of my friends and neighbours. We go in on a bunch of cases of wine and redistribute the bottles among ourselves. I proposed the club to my friends out of enlightened self-interest. By way of the club, a handful … Read more