Rupert Clevely, CEO, Geronimo Inns
16 Mar 2007 After 20 years of working as managing director of Veuve Clicquot (UK) and international marketing director for Veuve Clicquot, Rupert Clevely founded the Geronimo group of pubs in 1995 with his wife, Joanna. The company now has 15 sites in London... View issue Harpers, 16 March 2007
The Interview: Jorge Fernandez and Rick Wells, Proprietors, Fernandez and Wells, Soho, London
08 Mar 2007 Jorge Fernandez, a Londoner of Spanish parentage, has spent most of his career conceptualising and running coffee bars. He opened the Café at Foyles, which his wife now runs, and for several years was the general manager at the Monmouth Coffee... View issue Harpers, 9 March 2007
The Interview: Chris Connolly, managing director, Connolly’s (Wine Merchants) Ltd
01 Mar 2007 Tucked under a railway arch beneath Snowhill station is a rare gem, Birmingham’s only independent retail wine specialist. The Connolly family have been involved in the wine trade for over four generations, but the current business was established by Pat Connolly... View issue Harpers, 2 March 2007
The Interview: John Trevena, Owner, Pimlico Cellars Agencies and Vintage Cellars, London
22 Feb 2007 John Trevena grew up in Santiago, Chile. He came to London to study economics, and worked as an accountant before setting up a life pensions programme with three friends. In the early 1980s he decided to follow his passion for wine... View issue Harpers, 23 February 2007
The Interview: Louis-Fabrice Latour, Proprietor and wine buyer, Maison Louis Latour
15 Feb 2007 Louis-Fabrice Latour, a member of the seventh generation of Burgundy négociant Maison Louis Latour, is also its head, having taken over from his father (who is still the chairman of the board) in 1999. A fluent, idiomatic English speaker, he has... View issue Harpers, 16 February 2007
The Interview: William Hutchings, Proprietor and wine buyer, The Bell at Skenfrith
08 Feb 2007 William and Janet Hutchings bought the Bell at Skenfrith in December 1999 and immediately closed it to embark on a major refurbishment programme, planning to reopen for Christmas 2000. In early December 2000 the River Monnow, which flows past the Bell,... View issue Harpers, 9 February 2007
The Interview: Jeremy Cowen, Head sommelier, Galvin Bistrot de Luxe, London W1
01 Feb 2007 Jeremy grew up on the Wirral, trying his first wine, a 1967 Chateau d’Yquem, when he was 11, and joining The Wine Society at the age of 14. After failing to complete an engineering degree, he began a career in wine... View issue Harpers, 2 February 2007
The Interview: Katie O’Brien, General manager, Juniper, Altrincham
25 Jan 2007 Katie grew up on the east coast of Scotland. Her father ran hotels in Elgin and Fochabers, near Inverness, and insisted she do anything but catering. So Katie failed her Highers and went to work at the Golf View hotel in... View issue Harpers, 26 January 2007
The Interview: Richard Walton-Allen, Head Chef, Harvey Nichols, Leeds
18 Jan 2007 Harvey Nichols’ first store outside London was opened in the historic Victoria Quarter of Leeds in 1996. The store has five floors with a stylish 85-cover café and bar on the fourth floor. Three days a week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday,... View issue Harpers, 19 January 2007
The Interview: Peter Nixson, Wine buyer, British Airways
17 Jan 2007 Peter Nixson joined BOAC as cabin crew in 1973 after being thrown out of university for failing his first year exams. In 1986, Business Traveller magazine did a survey of the wine served on board airlines, and BA came 16th out... View issue Harpers, 12 January 2007
