wine industry
NEW BUYER PIECE: Why Mental Health and the Wine Industry Can Be Awkward Bed Fellows
A couple of things happened recently that sparked me into writing something about mental health in the workplace. I didn’t know what the reaction would be. I didn’t even know if the editors at The Buyer would even want to publish it. But huge thanks to them for running it, and huge thanks to everyone …
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Coming Up This Week On Please Bring Me My Wine
Afternoon all. Hope the day’s treating you all well so far. I’ve been out and about trying to get back into my running routine despite the fact it’s knocking on 0 degrees outside at the minute. All the accounting I was talking about last week is soooo nearly there now that I can live like …
My First Day As A Market Trader!
I’ve been thinking recently about ways of getting the 20h33 brand out there to people. What I’m after being is an old school wine broker. I want my clients to be happy to ring me up and have a natter about what they’re after. I want them to know me, I want them to trust …
Coming Up This Week On Please Bring Me My Wine
I know, funny day for the week to start isn’t it? Well given that I work all weekend I thought it might be a good idea to take at least one day off a week to stop myself from going completely nuts. Tuesdays it is, so Wednesday is my new Monday. Hope it’s not going …
Peddling Wine Round The UK
One of the weirdest things for me about working for 20h33 is being a salesman. I’ve never been a salesman. It was arguably the biggest reason (amoungst others) I was never great at my old job as a bond trader. My attitude was that we had sales guys to do that job for us. Wasn’t til …
Coming Up This Week On Please Bring Me My Wine
Busy time at the minute with 20h33, with a mixture of wine dinners and sales for Christmas. But it’s definitely a good busy, so I’m definitely not complaining! I’m sure everyone’s gearing down into the year end at the minute, and why not eh? This year’s flown by for me, and I’m now giving it …
Working in the Wine Industry – Dealing with Wine Investors
I work as a Bordeaux wine guy. I’m never quite sure what to say about it. Am I a broker, or a retailer, or whatever? I’m not sure, but effectively what I do is sell wine from all over Bordeaux to private customers. That’s not just the expensive reds, I’m talking about the whites, the …
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Getting Into The Wine Industry #3: Doing it all yourself!
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 …
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Getting Into The Wine Industry #2: Why Is Everyone Smiling?
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!