About Me
My love of Italy and Italian Wine
In 2000 I was introduced to Giuseppe Sesti at Castello di Argiano in Montalcino by a good friend of mine who had just sold his highly successful wine merchant business in London and emigrated to Siena. By the end of my visit to the estate I was the proud owner of 2 barrels of Brunello di Montalcino 1997.
This was the foundation of The Winemakers Club which then went on to import wines from throughout Italy to the U.K. and open its own wine bar in London.
A new beginning
I was joined in this venture by my son John who now runs the business from its premises in Farringdon Street in the City of London. thewinemakersclub.co.uk
My training and education followed with Wine and Spirit Education Trust and attending Plumpton College in Sussex, England.
My love of Italy began in 1967 when I met my wife Mary on holiday in Lake Garda who tragically died of cancer in 2016. It was then that I decided to fulfil my ambition of making my own wine in Italy. (aged 71)
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“The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.”
― Benjamin Franklin, circa 1700s