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Richard Siddle

Richard Siddle

Co-Founder / Editor at The-Buyer.net

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  • English
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  • Wine
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Recent Articles

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VOGA Italia: the disruptive lifestyle Italian wine brand of our times

Go to any major wine conference and inevitably there are two major issues that come up. The inability for wine brands to effectively engage with younger drinkers who are captivated more by experience and lifestyle than by how a wine is made. And secondly the fact every bottle of wine looks the same on a shelf so how does a brand stand out from the rest? Well for the last 20 years an Italian wine brand has ticked not only those two boxes but a whole more. Welcome to VOGA Italia that for the last two decades has built up distribution in over 70 countries with its clear strategy from day one to target younger consumers with its modern, dynamic, cylindrical bottle design that evokes the best in Italian fashion and style. Richard Siddle talks to VOGA Italia ’s team in the UK, James Burston and Oliver Yemm, about how it is looking to build on the success it has had in top bars, restaurants and clubs by driving more listings and availability through the major grocery retailers. They also explain why they believe
29 days ago
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Meet Greece's Savatiano & the four expressions of climate that shap...

Did you know the most planted grape in Greece? Meet Savatiano, and the four expressions of climate that shape it. Four expressions of one climate, 7,000 growers and 70-year-old dry-farmed bush vines, all within half an hour of the Acropolis. Welcome also to Attica and PGI Attiki and the appellation behind Greece’s most widely planted variety. Here we examine how it is ready to be discovered by wine buyers and wine drinkers alike.
about 1 month ago
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Why Sustainability in Drinks has become such a must attend event

“Come for what you need today, leave knowing what we all need for tomorrow.” That’s the central theme around which next month’s Sustainability in Drinks event hopes to help set the agenda for how the drinks industry can do more to not just play its part in tackling the ever growing issue of climate change but set new standards for all companies to follow. Now in its third year Sustainability in Drinks has fast become a must attend one-day event for anyone focused on sustainability in their businesses. Here Richard Siddle talks to event organiser, Judy Kendrick, about the issues SID plans to cover at its October event, and sets out the ways in which companies and individuals can get involved and share their insights and experiences on the steps they are taking to take sustainability to another level.
about 2 months ago
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Robert Joseph on finding solutions for a “blinkered” wine industry

Robert Joseph’s status as one of the wine industry’s most in demand international wine consultants is thanks, in part, to his success with the French wine brand, Le Grand Noir , and his innovative multi-regional, multi-varietal, multi-vintage K’Avshiri wines from Georgia, and from his prominence as a highly respected and at times controversial industry commentator. But arguably it mostly stems from the vast world experience he has built up throughout his wine career, going to parts of the world to see for himself what is being bought and sold and how and why. Joseph not only understands how the global wine sector works, he is very much part of it selling the wines he helps to make around the world. Here he sets out why he believes a “blinkered” wine industry is increasingly in trouble and why he remains committed to try and find solutions to help it. (Lead photo: Luke Carver ).
about 2 months ago
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Amanda Barnes MW on her new 'Top 10 Uruguayan Wines' event

Whilst it can be hugely rewarding to sit down with a wine critic’s dedicated book on a particular wine country or region, it’s also a lot easier, accessible and impactful when that critic distills what they know in a good old ‘the best of’ type list. Which is exactly what South American wine expert, Amanda Barnes MW, has done with the launch of her new Top 10 initiative where she picks out the best wines from individual South American countries, and also highlights the wines she thinks offer the best value and potential too. She is kicking off the series with a Top 10 Uruguay Wines report which she will be launching at a special tasting and masterclass in London on September 3 where you will get the chance to taste and talk to her about her choices and taste the wines. Here she explains what she hopes her new Top 10 series of South American wine reports can achieve.
about 2 months ago
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Why Roberson’s premium California wine strategy sets it apart

If you could twin wine importers with the region they are most well known for representing then Roberson Wine could very well have a “Welcome to California” sign over its front door. Over the last 20 years no other UK wine distributor has done more to source, import and give a platform to showcase the very best of what Californian can do. Here Richard Siddle talks to Roberson’s Guy Young and Rory Benham about its Californian portfolio, its partnership with California Wines to best represent the state in the premium on and off-trade and how it is working with iconic Californian producer, Silver Oak, to build its UK distribution with the help of Silver Oak’s UK and European manager, Sean O’Carroll.
2 months ago
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Onwards & Upwards: Gem Wills on being part of a 'new success' story

“If someone is looking for a well experienced, knowledgeable senior leader who can take the rough with the smooth, who’s strategic, ambitious, caring and can get shit done, I’m in.” That in a sentence is how Gemma Wills describes herself and her core management skills to any potential wine business that is looking to take on a proven, widely experienced senior commercial leader for their team. Here she talks to Richard Siddle about her career and her passion for helping companies, and most of all their teams thrive and make the most of their individual talents.
2 months ago
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Robert Patla on combining wine & fine dining at Pentonbridge Inn

If a head sommelier is to create and run a successful wine operation they need to be in close contact with the chef to ensure the choices they make about which wines they list work in tandem with any changes to the dishes on a venue’s menu. That’s very much the approach that Robert Patla has taken in his head sommelier role at the Michelin-starred The Pentonbridge Inn in Penton, near Carlisle in Cumbria.
2 months ago
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Debate: UK buyers on why the door is open for Virginia's wines

Sitting down for the first time with a panel of some of the most influential wine buyers, importers and wine merchants in the UK is a daunting task. Particularly if your wines have not been in the UK market before. Which is why the overwhelmingly positive response for the Virginia Wine producers who took part in The Buyer debate last month - alongside their stand at the London Wine Fair - was such an important breakthrough moment for the region. Here we ask the buyers who took part in The Buyer’s debate to give their personal assessment on the wines and their best route to market in the UK in the second part of our report.
4 months ago
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Debate: Top buyers on why now is the time for Virginia Wine in the UK

One of the standout and most popular features at this year’s London Wine Fair was the chance to meet, taste and discover a wide selection of wines and producers from the US state of Virginia. The decision of Virginia Wine to back itself, and its producers, in the UK market paid off in spades. This was also very much the conclusion of a group of top buyers, importers and wine merchants that had the chance to meet the producers at a dedicated tasting and debate, organised by Virginia Wine and The Buyer, that took place one morning before the show opened. It was also an opportunity for the buyers to share their insights and offer their advice on how Virginia’s wines can find a place in the UK market, as Richard Siddle reports in the first of a two part report. All photography by Thomas Skovsende .
4 months ago
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Silverhand Estate promotes 'Drink English!' with sampling campaign

English Wine Week might be over for another year but Silverhand Estate is looking to keep the English wine flag flying throughout the summer with a major on-trade sampling campaign to introduce and promote its organic Silver Reign English sparkling wine to as many as people as it can over the next couple of months. Here we talk to Emma Clark, marketing director at MDCV UK about how the sampling campaign is going to run and how it will be backed up by social media to re-inforce its "Drink English. Drink Local. Drink Sustainable" message.
4 months ago