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'It’s not about pushing your own agenda and your own taste'

Co-founder of Sune in Hackney, acclaimed sommelier and consultant, Honey Spencer is the star of East London's wine scene. She speaks with Louis Thomas about pricing, the on-trade's challenges and how to find the right balance with natural wine.

The Italian restaurant inside a clothing factory in London

Polentina in Bow, East London, is a haven for classic Italian regional cooking which just so happens to share a space with an ethical clothing manufacturer. Louis Thomas finds out how this unlikely restaurant came to be.

'You have to let British people fall in love with Italy'

Ahead of this month's Tre Bicchieri event in London, Gambero Rosso speaks with Roberto Costa, president of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the UK, about why the United Kingdom has potential to become an even better market for Italian...

Meet London's panettone maestro

La Bottega del Pane in South London is the brainchild of Rocco Tanzarella. Paying a visit to SW19, Louis Thomas discovers how this photographer-turned-baker has become one of the UK's few custodians of artisanal panettone.

Meet the Sicilian who runs a London pub

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...

Giovanni Mazzei brings a taste of Florence to London

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

Burgundy dominates but Italy is rising: a look at London's fine wine trends

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.

'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.

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

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
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