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'We're not reinventing Italy': Francesco Mazzei opens new London restaurant

Ahead of the opening of his new restaurant, Mezzogiorno at Corinthia London, Francesco Mazzei tells Gambero Rosso why he is bringing a taste of his native Calabria to the British capital.

Goodbye to Gamay del Trasimeno, hello to Grenache

Nicola Chiucchiurlotto, owner of the Madrevite winery near Lake Trasimeno, explains why a change in grape variety name could be good news for Umbrian wine.

Social media wine star Tom Gilbey releases book

Tom Gilbey shot to fame when he tasted a glass of wine at every mile of last year's London Marathon. Now the social media sensation has written a book about his life in wine.

London wine thief avoids jail

The thief who stole more than £31,000 worth of wine from London restaurants using a tuk-tuk and a wheelie bin has avoided a jail sentence by returning some of the missing bottles

Education and economics: understanding Brazil's wine market

Ahead of the Top Italian Wines Roadshow visit to São Paulo on 24 November, Gambero Rosso speaks with Luma Monteiro – a Brazilian national, a wine influencer, and senior marketing manager at Davy's of London – about how Brazil's wine...

Q&A: Saverio Galli Torrini, director of the Consorzio Vino Chianti

Ahead of the Consorzio Vino Chianti's appearance at the Top Italian Wines Roadshow in São Paulo, Brazil (24 November) and Lagos, Nigeria (27 January), Gambero Rosso speaks with its president about this Tuscan region's ambitions in these markets

London tuk-tuk wine thief given ultimatum by judge

The thief who stole more than £31,000 worth of wine from London restaurants using a tuk-tuk and a wheelie bin has been told that he must return the stolen bottles by 3 November

Q&A: Xiaowen Huang

Ahead of the Top Italian Wines Roadshow trip to Taipei on 3 November, Gambero Rosso caught up with Xiaowen Huang, Taiwan's leading expert on Italian food and drink and the editor-in-chief of Clubalogue

What's holding European wine tourism back?

Following the publication of Hochschule Geisenheim University's Global Wine Tourism Report, Gambero Rosso speaks with Professor Gergely Szolnoki about where there's room for improvement in the European wine tourism sector

The Sicilian wine that fuelled Nelson's Navy

21 October 2025 marks the 220th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, when a British fleet under the command of Lord Nelson defeated a combined French and Spanish force. While tactics and training were crucial to the Royal Navy's victory,...
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