29/07/2022
A little about me and Wines+Bites+Beats
I started working today in the booze industry way back in 2007 working for a huge drinks company. I spent a lot of time working on big brands such as Martell, Jameson and Chivas before moving over to the wine arm of the company. I worked supporting the brand teams for Jacobs Creek, Campo Viejo and Brancott Estate. Awesome times doing a fair bit of travel and sat all my qualifications to further enhance my knowledge and know how when it came to wine.
The whole thing for me was more about the fluff and the flair of huge budgets supporting the product, which, whilst exciting, I was way more passionate about what was inside the bottle and not what it looked like. So in 2011 I started working for a wine importer in west London where I am still at now, as my main job. I do lots of staff training in restaurants, bars, pubs and clubs getting people enthused about wine.
I wanted to be a chef when I left school, so worked in some hotels for a bit then though “Nah, f**k that, the hours are nuts!”. I little bit of a regret now.
My biggest passion though is WBB, which I have been doing for the past 6 years and it’s basically my side hustle and something I enjoy at weekends mostly and he gained big traction over the past two years.
A big part of my life too is music. I used to DJ a lot when I was younger and also produced for me and other people. I even had a white label printed on Fatboy Slims label in 2005! I’ve started making music again over the last 10 months and you can find me over at .music and also search for me on
So there you have it, I’m a wino through and through. Difference with me I think, is that I prefer not to conform, love to disrupt and communicate about wine in a way where I hope it’s far from snobby, poncey, w***y and dull.
Oh, I have no shame in saying that I love Backstreet Boys and Nsync too. Most of you know this of course. 😜
