Nikkei cuisine — the century-old fusion of Japanese precision and Peruvian warmth — presents a unique challenge for wine pairing. At Chotto Matte, founder Kurt Zdesar is taking this layered gastronomy born from migration on another culinary world journey, exploring how diverse flavour profiles from spice to citrus to umami can find harmony with everything from Sicilian whites to California Syrah.

For London Design Festival, Jaime Hayon transformed Fortnum & Mason's windows into a vibrant 25-year retrospective. The Spanish designer's practice hovers between art and design, refusing commercial briefs in favor of work charged with emotion, color, and craft. From starting in a Madrid bar to collaborating with Cartier and Baccarat, Hayon creates objects imbued with cultural influences gathered from Penang temples to Marrakesh streets.

From a Clerkenwell wine library to ARENI Global, Pauline Vicard questions inherited assumptions about luxury and exclusivity. Raised in a Burgundian winemaking family, she's now helping the industry move beyond European-centric language — where "sense of place" expands the rigid confines of "terroir" and storytelling becomes as vital as the wine itself.

Barbara Widmer wasn't born into a wine dynasty. She was heading towards architecture when a single harvest in Tuscany changed everything. Now, as CEO and winemaker at Brancaia, she leads a methodical quest for quality across three Tuscan estates. Her approach is philosophical rather than formulaic: organic farming, spontaneous fermentation, and an unwavering belief that great wines must bear the hallmark of their terroir. I meet up with Widmer in Tuscany to see how her Swiss background and architectural training inform a winemaking practice rooted in intellectual curiosity and respect for place.

For over a decade, Serpentine has been investigating AI's impact through its Creative AI Lab. Hans Ulrich Obrist, the curator, writer and gallery's artistic director, tells me why cultural institutions must engage with cutting-edge technology — not just to enable artists like Refik Anadol and Gabriel Massan, but to reveal both AI's possibilities and dangers, positioning art as a bridge between culture, technology, and society.

Along Tuscany's southern coast in Bolgheri, Marilisa Allegrini has created something rare: a Super Tuscan that privileges freshness and elegance over power. At Poggio al Tesoro, the winery she founded with her late brother Walter in 2001, every decision connects back to the land — from which grape suits which soil to how organic farming shapes the wine's character. Here, surrounded by ancient olive trees and Mediterranean breezes, quality always trumps quantity.