Last week, the Saatchi Gallery welcomed a stylish crowd to the launch of British artist Sacha Jafri’s retrospective, Universal Consciousness.  After enjoying a glass of Champagne Taittinger’s classic Brut Cuvee NV, guests bid on Jafri’...

Champagne Taittinger has announced that Tom Scade from The Ritz has won the UK National Final of the  51st Le Taittinger Prix Culinaire International competition this Saturday evening.  Fighting off strong competition from Quentin...

Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year is delighted to welcome Viña Errázuriz once again as sponsors of the Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year, as well as raising a glass to welcome Magui Chadwick, Family Ambassador, onto the judging...

Taittinger is celebrating the 51st anniversary of their renowned Taittinger Prix Culinaire International this year.  Michel Roux Jr will again be the Presidential Judge for the UK and will head up a panel of twelve top chefs from leadi...

RADA President Sir Kenneth Branagh will be directing a fundraising production in the Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre, playing for a strictly limited season this September.Multiple generations of RADA graduates will join forces with leading figures...

The Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2018 is now open for entries. Taittinger is proud to be the official Champagne of this unique photography competition and the sponsor of the  Food for Celebration category. We are once again...

Rioja based winery Contino - part of the CVNE portfolio - is thrilled to announce the appointment of Jorge Navascués as its new Head Winemaker.Jorge has 19 years’ experience behind him, working vintages in various regions throughout Spain a...

Pierre-Henry Gagey, President at Louis Jadot, is delighted to announce that Maison Louis Jadot has acquired the historic Burgundian estate, Domaine Prieur-Brunet in Santenay.Domaine Prieur-Brunet was founded at the beginning of the 19th cen...

Friday 14th July saw the opening of the 10th Taittinger Royal Solent Regatta with a Champagne reception held at the Club’s  landmark clubhouse in Yarmouth.  The  Regatta attracted 178 entries with the winner of each class rec...

Villa Maria was proud sponsor of the Cook & Grow Theatre at the recent RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.  Our Sustainability Garden showcased the beneficial plants used in our New Zealand vineyards to minimise the impact of win...

As part of Hatch Mansfield’s ongoing commitment to the environment and ISO 14001, we have been balancing the CO2 produced by all our business travel and office energy usage by planting trees with the Woodland Trust.  As a natural exten...

Top chefs and restaurateurs played the UK’s food critics at their own game on 10th July 2017 as they watched how well they coped in the kitchen when the tables were turned at Action Against Hunger’s Too Many Critics event.Held at Hakkasan ,...

Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2018 opens the shutter for its seventh year on 5 July 2017.To celebrate, the Awards are serving up a delicious feast of seven new judges and exciting new categories too.New jurists are Ferran Adria, ...

Champagne Taittinger is celebrating the 51 years of their renowned Taittinger Prix Culinaire International this year.  Michel Roux Jr will head up the panel of twelve top chefs from leading Michelin Star restaurants as Presidential Jud...

Seña, Chile’s first Icon wine, officially entered the select group of perfect 100-points-wines, after the report just published by international wine critic James Suckling.  This perfect score crowns Seña’s consistent trajectory as a w...

15th May 2017: Last night, Sue Perkins hosted the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards 2017 at the Royal Festival Hall, where television royalty gathered to hear the winners.  As Official Champagne and wine partners to BAFTA, Ch...

Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, President of Champagne Taittinger, has made English Sparkling Wine history today by planting his first vines in Taittinger’s new Domaine Evremond vineyard in Chilham, Kent – the first Grande Marque Champagne Hous...

French photographer scoops world’s top wine photo prizeThe winner of Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year 2017, a category of Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2017, was announced at a packed reception at the Mall Galleries, Londo...

At a packed awards reception at the Mall Galleries, London, last night, Tuesday 25 April, Bangladesh-based Shoeb Faruquee was declared overall winner of Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2017 and was presented with a cheque for £5000...

11th April - The nominees for the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards were announced this morning by Michaela Coel and Andrew Buchan. Historical drama, The Crown, leads the way to win a sought-after BAFTA award, which recognises exc...

Viña Errazuriz ascended to 5th position in Drinks International’s list of the world’s top 50 Most Admired Wine Brands, improving its performance achieved in 2016 when it debuted in 7th position.Drinks International releases its ‘World’s Mos...

For the third year in a row Villa Maria has been named one of the most admired wine brands in the world. It is the only New Zealand winery to be in the top 10, placing fourth in this year’s “World’s Most Admired Wine Brands” list.The list, ...

Chris Hancock MW, Winemaker and Deputy Executive Chairman at Robert Oatley, was acknowledged by the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia (WFA) and named a Life Member of the Australian Wine Industry at a special awards presentation in Adelai...

Villa Maria Repeats Success at Royal Easter Show Wine Awards; Takes Home Champion Wine of the Show and Winemaker of the YearVilla Maria Reserve Hawkes Bay Chardonnay 2014 has been awarded Champion Wine of the Show at the Royal Easter Show W...