Interviews
The Interview: Remi Krug, Chairman, IHEGGAT, Reims, France What's special about the IHEGGAT training programme? ...View issue Harpers, 24 June 2005
The Interview: Rudi Venerandi, Proprietor, Alba, London Has your wine list changed much since you opened the restaurant in 1989? ...View issue 17 June 2005
The Interview - Robyn and Robert Wilson, Owners, Bleeding Heart Restaurants, London Robert: I was working as a wine merchant, storing wine in this building, and decided it would be much more profitable to sell wine to people who came to us, rather than delivering wine to people all over the country, which... View issue 10 June 2005
Andrew Firth, Managing director, Playford Ros, North Yorkshire Why did you decide to set up a new agency business? I got fed up with having to buy our New World wines through UK companies that employed poor-quality sales people and distributed the wines to most of our...View issue 3 June 2005
The Interview – Roberto Della Pietra, Head sommelier, Roussillon, London What is the main theme of your list? The first criterion for the list is that the wines make sense with the food that we serve here. The head chef, Alexis [Gauthier], is really into southern French cuisine. His food is...View issue Harpers, 27 May 2005
The Interview – Matt Wilkin, Group Consultant Sommelier, The Capital Group Ltd, London You’ve been a bit busy recently winning awards and passing exams... Yes, I’ve come down with a cold now that it’s all over. It hits you as soon as you stop! The Champagne Ruinart Sommelier of the Year competition was on...View issue Harpers, 20 May 2005
The Interview – Adrian McKeon, Managing director, Allied Domecq Wine UK Ltd, London How did you get into the wine business? I started out working for the family business (Remnant Kings, Scotland’s largest independent fabric retailer) as a buyer, but I felt that the people coming to see me weren’t presenting their products very...View issue Harpers, 13 May 2005
The Interview - Simon Berry, Chairman, Berry Bros & Rudd, London How old is Berry Bros & Rudd? It was founded 307 years ago on the current site on St James's Street. The problem with being this old is that people think we are dinosaurs and assume that the company has never...
The Interview – Roger Harris & Clare Montgomery, Owner and sales/marketing director, Roger Harris Wines How did you get into the wine business? A friend of mine used to ship Peugeot cars to East Africa, and the only wine that he drank was Beaujolais. I trained as an engineer at Loughborough and went to Peugeot in...
THE INTERVIEW - JOSEPH SANDLER Kedem Europe Ltd is a subsidiary of The Royal Wine Corporation, a New York-based company that has the largest international selection of kosher wines in the world and is responsible for 80–90% of kosher wine sales in the US and 50–60%...
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