Louis Thomas

Andrea Cipolloni, group CEO of Eataly, speaks with Louis Thomas about some of the global buying habits the Italian food hall chain expects to see this festive season.

Ahead of Gambero Rosso bringing the Top Italian Wines Roadshow to Lagos and Nairobi in January, Victoria Mulu-Munywoki, a sommelier, wine judge and consultant based in Kenya, offers her insight on these African markets and shares what Italian producers can...

Although London has a large Italian population, it is unusual to find them working in that most British of institutions, the pub. One exception is Luigi Stancanelli, landlord of The City Pride on Farringdon Lane, who tells Louis Thomas about...

New data shows that almost 235,000 people visited the home of Brunello di Montalcino last year, an influx which is giving the region a major economic lift

As concerns about the health of the global wine industry continue to dominate trade media headlines, Louis Thomas speaks with leading wine economist Professor Simone Loose about where wine might have gone wrong.

New estimates from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) suggest that while the volume of global wine production from the 2025 harvest will be around 7% below the five-year average, Italy, the world's biggest wine producer, defies the...

Massimo Bazzoli has amassed an online audience of hundreds of thousands thanks to his 'Forgotten Italian Classics', a series where he aims to show the world that Italian cooking is "not just pasta and pizza". Fresh from filming thirty new...

Trogolo, which opened in London's Notting Hill this week, promises to provide "the most authentic Tuscan experience possible" in the British capital. Louis Thomas finds out more from co-owner Giovanni Mazzei

A report from 67 Pall Mall, the London private members' club for wine, reveals how fine wine tastes have changed in the British capital over the last decade.

US wholesaler Costco has recalled almost a million bottles of its Kirkland Signature Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG due to concerns that its bottles can "can break or shatter, posing a laceration hazard".