Ian is a qualified Wine & Spirit Education Trust Diploma graduate. As a freelance wine consultant, he is not affiliated to any wine merchants or retailer.
He offers the following services:
Web-content writing for wine importers, independent retailers and brand owners (see Wine & Spirits Copy Writing)
Assistance to bars, hotels, restaurants and retail outlets with:
See Consultancy and Wine Tastings for additional services.
Ian has a specialist interest in food and wine matching and restaurant wine list selection.
Ian was the recipient of the Thierry Cabanne Scholarship for 2011. This involved him spending part of July and August 2011 with the UK importer Thierry Wine Services Ltd, based in Romsey in Hampshire. Check out Portfolio to view written and photographic material Ian provided for posts on the Thierry’s blog.
Whilst at Thierry’s Ian helped develop the Radcliffe’s online website. He reviewed their wines and tasting note descriptions and provided detailed input for matching the Radcliffe’s wines to food. Check out Portfolio for links to Ian’s Radcliffe’s posts.
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