Name: Francesco Gabriele Nationality: Italian At the moment: United Kingdom Wine Director Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? Wine has been part of my life since a kid when my grandfather used to bring me in his…
Name: Orsi Szentkiralyi Nationality: Hungary At the moment: United Kingdom Sommeliere, Wine Judge & Tasting and Database Manager at Wowine Website: www.wotwine.com Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I grew up in a country where semi sweet…
Name: Vincenzo Arnese Nationality: Italian At the moment: United Kingdom Assistant Head Sommelier Best Sommelier of UK 2015 Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I started working in the wine industry for the first time in the…
Name: Jonathan Kleeman Nationality: English At the moment: United Kingdom Head Sommelier Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I have been around the industry all my life. My dad is a chef and I also lived in…
Name: Stephen Towler Nationality: English At the moment: UAE-Dubai Fine Wine Category Manager Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? On a surfing trip to South Africa back in 1995 when I ran out of money and started working in restaurants… beforehand I had…
Name: Xoel Cantero Alvarez Nationality: Spanish At the moment: United Kingdom Sommelier Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I have been in the restaurant industry for the past six years. I’m relatively new to wine as…
Name: Julien Haie Nationality: France At the moment: United Kingdom Tea & Wine Sommelier Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I started to work in the wine industry on a real glimpse of chance. After my first…
Name: Sebastian Pacheco Nationality: Argentina At the moment: United Kingdom Head Sommelier, Wine Educator Website: www.sebastianpacheco.co.uk Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? My first encounter with wine happened when I was 19 in the wine class of…
Name: Mark Graham Nationality: English At the moment: United Kingdom Sommelier Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? My first brief encounters with wine span most decades of my life before my actual full time involvement. The mid 70’s…