12/23/2023 0 Comments Wine delivery to virginia![]() ![]() The massive growth in Gin for example also leads to tasting and recommending the right tonics. The reason for the growth is that we also taste and rate all new products and we tell stories and create experiences. In 2013, I introduced spirits and craft beer to our offerings and both categories are now securely established here. Most of my working life has now been at Fine Wine Delivery. I gained a lot experience and fell in love with the stories and history about premium spirit brands from all over the world. I then spent a lot time working within liquor corporate with companies such as Pernod Ricard, which was the number 1 spirit company in the world. Wine and beer and spirits were in their infancy back in the late 90’s. My first retail job in NZ was with Liquor King retail as an assistant manager for their flagship store Greenlane wines & Spirits. I was inspired to want to learn more about wine and straight from school found myself working for Liquor retail. The quality, the experience and of course Mum and Dad’s famous food and wine evenings held at home. ![]() “I’ve been buying wine from you for years Jeff, and never had a wine I didn’t enjoy”.įor as long as I remember, My Father was always so passionate about wine. It gives me unbridled fulfilment when customers say to me. I love it and continue to learn every day! is the only way to deliver on our promise to our customers, we are the only retailer in NZ committed to those values! Plus, it satiates my passion for wine, and that of our team involved in tasting wine on such a grand scale. Tasting several thousand wines per year in a purpose-built facility at FWD Co. from a spare bedroom at our then Torbay home on Auckland’s North Shore… the vision was born! Augmy wife Virginia and I founded Fine Wine Delivery Co. Also, to educate our people to provide meaningful advice to customers in regard to style preferences. Equally, I harboured a vision to set up a wine retail business that pre-tasted every wine offered to ensure customers never had to pay for poor quality/value wines. On returning to NZ with my family in 1995 I re familiarised myself with the NZ wine industry during an 18-month role as National Sales manager for Negociants NZ.Īlmost 2 decades in the industry had whet my appetite to learn much more about wine. 19-years working with key wine producers including a 10-year period in Australia holding down various sales, sales management and marketing roles with Penfolds Kaiser Stuhl, through to Southcorp days ensued. I was initially attracted to the wine industry joining Penfolds Wines in Lincoln Road Henderson late 1978 as a young sales supervisor. ![]()
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