The Friday 5 #64

A glorious gratin dauphinois, two great London resto finds, a brilliant bottled cocktail and some wine bargains from Morrisons

This week’s food and drink news has been dominated by the increase in alcohol duty in the UK which is adding around 50p to a bottle of still wine, depending on its alcoholic strength. Duty has been increased by 44p on wines between 11.5% and 14.5% but with VAT on top of that it means you’ll be paying an extra 53p. (Wines over 15% or over and fortified w…