Week in pictures

db‘s deputy editor was in Porto last week for an historic Cockburn’s vintage Port tasting. Among the treasure trove of historical records and books were these zinc-clad cupboards, where city’s Factory House stores copies of The Times dating right back to the paper’s first edition.

Team Sichel pose for a team shot after completing the Olympic Bask Marathon in the Basque town of Saint-Jean de Luz. The race involves a 1.5km swim, a 40km bike ride and then a 10km race. Rémy Sichel came out top in the inter-family race, this time.

One of the spooky mezcals on offer at the new Mezcaleira bar at Wahaca Charlotte Street in time for the Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations next month.

Adam Plotkin sent us this shot of him with Jacques Lardière and asked why he wasn’t included in our Top 10 Red Trouser list!

2011 to 1896: Symington Family Estates showed off Cockburn’s past and present as they work to restore the recently acquired Port house to its former glory.

While the rest of team db worked their socks off, senior staff writer Lucy Shaw seized her window of opportunity to spend a relaxing week poolside in Nerja, southern Spain, glass of chilled manzanilla in hand.

Ben Norum of Scout magazine and Clinton Cawood of Imbibe slurp on mezcal samples at the launch the Mezcaleria bar – the first bar in the UK dedicated to Mexican spirit mezcal – at the newly opened Wahaca Charlotte Street.

Guests enjoyed a fabulous view of London from 40 storeys up at Duck & Waffle, where Zagat announced the results of its 2013 London survey.

Laurent Perrier’s David Hesketh MW presents the new Grand Siècle Les Reserves at Claridges earlier this week.

Among the many prestigious guests to have signed The Factory House visitors’ book was none other than Blackadder himself.

“Supporting the orange car at Goodwood, as a guest of Veuve Clicquot! Va va vroom!” said Lucy as she sent us this action shot from the Festival of Speed.

The unlikely signature dish at Duck & Waffle.

After the Cockburn’s tasting, db went on a wander round The Factory House in Porto and found the old kitchen beautifully preserved.

After popping into the Mezcaleria bar launch at Wahaca Charlotte Street, db thought it would be rude not to sneak a peek at the newly opened Bubbledogs down the road, owned by dynamic food and wine duo James Knappett and Sandia Chang, where we indulged in a fiery Buffalo dog and a refreshing glass of grower Champagne from Gaston Chiquet.