Success is a funny old word for me. Obviously during my sick leave and ultimately leaving my previous life as a bond trader in the city, after the onset of mental illness, it was really hard to convince myself that I hadn’t failed somewhere along the line. It’s just not what was in the script, …
From someone who came from a big corporate business, it’s a big shock to the system to all of a sudden be working in a company of 2 people. I guess this is less of a thing about the wine industry, and more about working for a start up. There is quick literally never a …
Getting Into The Wine Industry #3: Doing it all yourself! Read More »
Yesterday I was having a natter with a bloke called Rob Ivory. Turns out Rob is the Parliamentary Affairs and Campaigns Manager at the WSTA, which is the Wine and Spirit Trade Association of the UK. They got a campaign on the go in order to lobby for a drop in the duty charges on …
One of the weirdest things for me about leaving my old life in banking behind to join the wine industry has been the people I’ve met. They just seem to be smiling all the time, I’m not used to it!
2015 is shaping up to be a big old year for me. Not only have I finally got round to sticking my ugly mug up on YouTube in order to push this wine blogging idea a bit further, I’ve also made the slightly dubious (but amazingly fun) to actually enter the wine industry. Like, for …
Getting Into The Wine Industry #1: Intro to the Series Read More »
New Year is always a great time of year for me. A lot of people pan the idea of making resolutions, and that if you want to change things up you can do it any day of the year. That’s true. But if you’re like me, and you’ve had something like New Wine This Week …
Please Bring Me My Wine – What’s New For 2015?!? Read More »
As I close up things for 2014, with just a couple of Champagne posts to go before we hit the new year, I’ve just had through my stats from WordPress on how it all went in 2014…and I’m pretty chuffed!
Everyone speak French?? Good! Here’s my French colleague JB’s debut on the screen in France this weekend. The mastermind behind my new project, 20h33, looking the part as he drives the presenters around the beautiful vineyards and city centre of Bordeaux!
