The week in pictures

The cool crew of David Cox, Chris Porter, Dan Jago and Peter Darbyshire, take time out for a snap during the Benevolent’s Buddies Boat Party on the River Thames party boat The Dixie Queen.

Meanwhile inside the boat David Cox hits the dance floor during the Buddies Boat Party.

Clement Robert from Chelsea restaurant Medlar celebrates after being named the Moët & Chandon UK Sommelier of the Year, at the Mandarin Oriental’s ballroom in Knightsbridge.

One of HP Bulmer’s apple orchards in Herefordshire in full blossom after late spring sunshine gives UK fruit growers hope of a successful harvest this year.

Vincent J. Géré and Anne-Laure Pressat unveil the Remy Martin Louis XIII Rare Cask 42,6, which was auctioned recently for US$58,000.

German beer Warsteiner was one of the major sponsors at last week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, although Friday’s cold and wet weather meant that db had to spend a big chunk of the day in the hospitality tent rather than on the course watching the golf.

Beefeater Gin’s super premium expression, Beefeater 24, has started a competition asking art students from the Slade School of Fine Art to design a hand-drawn illustration that will feature on next year’s limited edition pack of the gin. This year’s illustration features a drawing by “ink evangelist” Johanna Basford.

US tattoo artist, model and reality V star Kat von D posted this photo on Twitter of this incredible beer tattoo, which is a great take on a six-pack stomach.

Paul Sullivan, sales and marketing director of Wadworth, welcomes guests to the launch of its 6X 90th anniversary ale, while head brewer Brian Yorston looks on.

Every good birthday party needs a cake and the Wadworth party was no different.

Brett Berish of Sovereign Brands, Charles Shaker and Flavio Briatore celebrate with the 30-litre Midas bottle of Armand de Brignac after Shaker became the first person to buy one of the Champagne brand’s ‘Dynastie’ collection.

As Ardbeg prepares for “Ardbog Day” tomorrow, db bumped into these sheep arriving at Moët Hennessy’s London office.

Gerard Basset MS MW talks guests through some challenging Asian fusion food and wine matches for a dinner organised by Discover the Origin at Tsukiji Sushi in London.

What do you pair with this inventive dish of tuna tartar with Parma ham, red onion, myoga (ginger bud), shiso leaf, truffle oil, tomato, yuzu miso and Parmigiano-Reggiano?

Basset went for a Santenay Les Charmes 2010 from Domaine Roger Belland.

The medal winning Cloudy Bay Discovery Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, designed by landscape architects Andrew Wilson and Gavin McWilliam, served as a serene setting for the launch of the Marlborough estate’s new Central Otago Pinot Noir, Te Wahi 2010, meaning The Place in Maori.

Augustín Santolaya (right), managing director and winemaker of the illustrious Bodegas Roda in Rioja holds court during a vertical tasting of top wine Cirsion at Quo Vadis in Soho, London, to mark the global launch of the 2010 vintage, which Santolaya feels is one of the best ever produced at the estate, showing wonderfully now but with the capacity to age for decades.