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Archive for Interviews
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Interviews
Romans Daleckis: how I followed my dream to be a top sommelier
Romans Daleckis gave up on a career as a journalist to follow a new dream of becoming a top sommelier and the key skills you need to succeed as a sommelier.
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Naked Wines’ Ray O’Connor MW on how it sources the right wines for its customers
Ray O’Connor MW, wine director at Naked Wines, explains how it uses its customer data to plan, source and buy wine it knows are going to be popular with its subscribers.
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Amathus’ Jeremy Lithgow MW on what wine buyers looking for most in a new wine
Jeremy Lithgow MW has enjoyed a wide and varied career that has taken him from the UK high street, to working for producers and distributors in Australia. But it is the British retail scene that he knows really well, heading up the Harrods wine department before now running wine buying for Amathus Drinks.
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Candid Conversation With The Head of Wine at 67 Pall Mall
The brain behind one of the most extensive wine lists in the world, Ronan Sayburn MS sits down with Sid Patel, CEO of London Competitions and Beverage Trade Network for an interview.
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A Good Service Can Never Be Noticed. It Just Happens
In conversation with Ronan Sayburn MS, the CEO of Court Of Master Sommeliers Europe and Head of Wine at the Prestigious 67 Pall Mall.
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Living And Loving The Funfair Of Wine
Dario Barbato enjoys wine with a true passion, from the ones still developing at a winery to the bottles from esoteric regions to the revered ones. This is what makes him a Sommelier.
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Frederic Marti: Adding another Dimension to Food with Wine
Frederic Marti believes that wine should be paired with food in a way that it adds another dimension to it.
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The Secret Vine
Elizabeth Mellish, Wine Buyer at The English Vine is Infusing a whiff of life into English wines by making them fun, approachable and interesting again.
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Alexandra Price at Bar Crispin
Alexandra Price manages the restaurant and wines at Bar Crispin, a new natural wine bar in the heart of Soho with an extensive list of around 150 wines.