No sour grapes: More growth on the vine for English winemakers
By David Craik
The number of English vineyards could double over the next five years, as investment and demand grows.
By David Craik
The number of English vineyards could double over the next five years, as investment and demand grows.
English wine and drinks producer Chapel Down has hired Mark Harvey as the company’s new managing director, wines, as it looks to build on a year which saw it set a record for the largest crowdfunding deal.
Off-Piste Wines owners Ant Fairbank and Paul Letheren said they’d rather meet over “a glass of Belmont or The Garden Route” than describe Off-Piste Wines over the internet, but such has been the growth of the business that they’ve had to up their online creds to facilitate the demand.
Business leaders in the SME space are a vital ingredient in creating a strong and diverse economy for generations to come. As such, Real Business has canvassed opinion on what a number would like to see from a future government.
Steve Lewis is resigning from his post as CEO of Majestic Wine and will be replaced temporarily by the company’s finance director as a search for a new head is undertaken.