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A good drink is hard to find in this city—until you discover a former wine bar with junk-shop décor ...  read more »

Chez Bruce doesn’t just do wonderful food: it has an outstanding female sommelier, too ...  read more »

Dinner in Melbourne, at a television chef’s restaurant: the drinking is good, but the prices are steep ...  read more »

The view from the restaurant at the top of the National Portrait Gallery is spectacular, but what about the quality of the wine list? Tim Atkin, the Wine-List Inspector, orders away ...  read more »

What goes with soy sauce? Tim Atkin, the Wine-List Inspector, calls on the Ming Court in Hong Kong ...  read more »

The French Laundry in California is a foodie Mecca. But with all its emphasis on the food, the restaurant's wine takes second place. Tim Atkin considers what's on offer in his latest wine column ...  read more »

Tim Atkin visits La Tour d'Argent, a Paris institution. Though it has lost yet another a Michelin star, its wine list remains remarkable ...  read more »

The Hotel du Vin chain of boutique hotels take their alcohol seriously. In his latest column, Tim Atkin heads to one in Birmingham to sniff the 750-bin wine list ...  read more »

"It's good to read a list that celebrates wine with such intelligence," writes Tim Atkin of Terroirs, a very French wine bar that just happens to be tucked away in London ...  read more »

"How do you find something to partner 39 courses that switch helter-skelter between sweet, salty, bitter and savoury flavours?", asks Tim Atkin, our Wine List Inspector, as he braves the wilds of the Costa Brave for dinner at El Bulli ...  read more »