Richard Siddle

London

Co-Founder and Editor at TheBuyer

Co-founder of @TheBuyer11 https://t.co/rsXYD1Qatb for on-trade & drinks industry decision makers. Loves LFC & Laurel & Hardy https://t.co/XWLUZ16FUy

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Articles

Hannah Tovey on delivering trading ‘solutions’ at London Wine Fair

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

The wine and spirits industry is going through a very difficult time with duty increases, rises in supply chain costs and the roll out of EPR - what steps are you taking to help the sector at the show? The wine and spirits industry has been well and truly battered by ever-increasing duties on alcohol, squeezing margins and a downturn in consumption, all of which combine to make profitability a real challenge.
Why we could all do with a lot less (geo) politics in our lives

1 week ago | londonwinefair.com | Richard Siddle

Really? What do you mean by that? Well, at the risk of sounding like Ben Elton and starting this column with a “little bit of politics,” it’s hard not to be overwhelmed by how far the drinks, hospitality and retail sectors are being battered left, right and centre by the political decisions taken by successive governments that are ultimately out of their hands.
Rob Symington on succession & ambitious plans for family business

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

The apple did not fall far from the tree with Rob Symington. He not only looks like his father, Paul, but he sounds like him too. Particularly when talking about the passion, the dedication and the support the whole family has for the hard working people of the Douro Valley and Porto where the family has made its name since 1882.
How Doña Paula is taking premium Argentine wines to a new level

2 weeks ago | the-buyer.net | Richard Siddle

Cristóbal Undurraga may have a famous winemaking name, but he has made his reputation not for the wines he made for the family business, but rather all the wineries, producers and major brands that he has been responsible for long after the family’s wine business was sold.
How Kingdom of Bhutan has made the first wine in its history

2 weeks ago | the-buyer.net | Richard Siddle

How did the idea of making wine in Bhutan come about? Ann Cross: I read a book in high school (Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan) about a Canadian woman named Jamie Zappa who had gone to Bhutan in the 1980s to teach English, and I became enamoured of the country she described. I had told Mike a million times how much I wanted to visit since we met. Simultaneously, we were running obscure marathons around the world.
Tim Wildman on his breakthrough 'Blue Planet' sustainability wine films

2 weeks ago | the-buyer.net | Richard Siddle

Tell us about the set of educational videos you have made about winemaking around the world? The series of five documentaries focuses on sustainability in the wine industry, but the inspiration actually came from a different place. Growing up, I loved David Attenborough - my copy of Lifeon Earth was thumbed to tatters, and the TV series have that sense of globetrotting adventure, he’s in Antarctica one minute then the Amazon the next.
Analysis: Why we need Majestic & Enotria&Coe deal to succeed

2 weeks ago | the-buyer.net | Richard Siddle

There are a handful of national wine and spirits distributors in the UK that really matter to the overall future of the country’s drinks industry and all the venues, operators, bars and restaurants they supply. If anything significant happens to them the ripple effect is felt up and down the country - and to some extent around the world. Majestic and Enotria&Coe are two of those companies.
How duty & EPR is stretching buyers & producers to breaking point

3 weeks ago | the-buyer.net | Richard Siddle

“We are being hit on all sides,” is how Bernard Fontannaz, managing director of South Africa’s Origin Wine and a major supplier to the UK, described the fallout from the new duty rates and increased packaging and supply chain costs under EPR. He, like other major players supplying the UK wine market were at ProWein to make sure they were on top of what their customers were looking for. But within reason.
How Beaulieu 58 is bringing fruit farming expertise to English wine

3 weeks ago | the-buyer.net | Richard Siddle

Tell us about your background and why you wanted to get into English wine? Farming has been in my blood since childhood, starting out by helping my father on a farm, where we worked with Aberdeen Angus. At 21 I moved to Kent and expanded my experience into horticulture, working in orchards and soft fruit farms, gaining valuable knowledge in irrigation and nutrition. In 2008, I moved to the New Forest, where I became a partner in a soft fruit business and a tenant farmer on the Beaulieu Estate.
Ray O’Connor MW: why Provence is like no other region for rosé wine

3 weeks ago | the-buyer.net | Richard Siddle

In your role what has surprised and interested you the most about the opportunities there are for Provence rosé that you might not have considered before taking on the role? I’ll start by putting my hand up and admitting that I had not understood or appreciated the extent to which the environmental practices and technical savoir-faire are very much part of the DNA of Provence.