Richard Siddle

1 week ago | the-buyer.net | Richard Siddle

For those that don’t know Wine Services what is your pitch to the wine industry that you can offer? We believe we are the global leader in market intelligence dedicated to fine wines and Champagnes. We work with over 250 of the world’s most prestigious wine estates, helping them monitor where their wines are sold, how they are priced, and how they compare to competitors across key cities and markets worldwide.

1 week ago | the-buyer.net | Richard Siddle

You are introducing new aluminium bottles to your range – tell us about why you are doing this? We launched Vinca three years ago to put exceptional wine into cans. The format works brilliantly across so many occasions: flights, festivals, stadiums, and when you just want one glass. But time and again, we were being asked, “When are you going to do a bottle?”Sometimes people just want to take a bottle to a BBQ or dinner with friends, and they want something that's better for the planet than glass.

1 week ago | the-buyer.net | Richard Siddle

The world's attention will turn to South Africa and CapeWine in September - what do you have planned? Our theme for CapeWine 2025 is “Our Warmest Welcome”. As South Africans we are known for our welcoming nature, our hospitality, and the way that we make anyone feel at home right from the start. Although we are all different we share the same passion for producing and distributing internationally awarded and personally rewarding wines to people around the world.

1 week ago | the-buyer.net | Richard Siddle

What are you hoping to achieve with National wine Careers Week? National Wine Careers Week is to raise awareness and understanding of careers in wine with a wider audience who may not know much about the wine industry and trade and the many roles there are across the whole sector. In this inaugural year, our aim is to get the trade and our own domestic wine industry to get behind a united voice to help highlight the many career options offered across the UK wine sector.

2 weeks ago | londonwinefair.com | Richard Siddle

Sounds like you have been eating too much cheese - what do you mean by that? Look carefully at the wine ranges now being offered by the major supermarkets, specialist wine merchants, pub groups and restaurants and they are starting to resemble a slice of Swiss cheese. There are more holes in them. Whilst over the last few years importers and on and off-trade operators could not wait to tell you how many wines they had on their list, with bigger, bolder, wider wine ranges the order of the day.