Week in pictures

A photo was sent into us of Martin Markvardsen’s tattoo. He works at the Edrington Group and is the brand ambassador of Highland Park. Earlier in the week we ranked the top 10 wine and spirits tattoos and asked readers to send in their pics.

We got to try this unusual South African wine with an even more unusual label at 2 Michelin-starred restaurant Hibiscus in Mayfair, which focuses on organic and biodynamic wines.

@woodswine tweeted us a picture of @donalde‘s (aka Donald Edwards) impressive tattoo

Son of Sir Terence, Tom Conran poses with his new Tequila brand – Tequila Chamucos at the Tequila Chamucos bar below the Conran-owned Crazy Homies restaurant in Westbourne Grove.

 Finalist of The Apprentice Tom Gearing collects his WSET advanced certificate from Jimmy Smith, head tutor and owner of the West London Wine School in Fulham.

 In db‘s most high security tasting to date (which required a passport to enter) Bibendum showed off the wines that will be on sale at the Olympic site, along with those on pour at corporate hospitality events during the games at the lavish Lancaster House in St James’s.

Mark Reynier, managing director at Bruichladdich Distillery in Scotland, sent us an image of his whisky tattoo

Tasting at the first Riesling Summit organised by Wines of Germany. The panel at the debate included Maria Troein of Wine Intelligence, Helena Conibear director of Alcohol in Moderation, Nicky Forrest of Wines of Germany and consultant Gerd Sepp.

This is also the image used in our caption competition on our Facebook page, where the best caption wins a bottle of wine.

Michelangelo Pezzo (right), head mixologist of the Sanderson hotel in London adds the finishing touches to a septet of Tequila cocktails at the launch of a menu-less bespoke cocktail service at the hotel’s Purple bar where customers can create their own cocktails for Pezzo to make.

Earlier this week, db checked out the latest Russian restaurant to hit London – the beautifully bonkers and wonderfully kitsch Mari Vanna in Knightsbridge, which features an impressive list of homemade vodkas including cranberry, apple and cinnamon and honeycomb.

 The ornate staircase of Lancaster House – home to the Bibendum Olympic wines tasting.

 It wouldn’t be a Week in Pics without a token animal shot – this china goose was spotted nestling among the wine bottles at Mari Vanna.

Even in Poland at the European Championships soccer tournament team db couldn’t escape a wine festival. The wine tasting and showcase of wines from around Poland and Europe was held in a wet Gydia.