Consultants to the wine trade with sourcing, blending and technical excellence
What we do...
We collaborate with importers, retailers and producers to blend, bottle and position wines that meet UK retailer standards and customer expectations.
As a newly formed small business we can help with anything from a one-time consultation session to a longer term contract, or a bespoke project, depending on your business needs.
If you are looking to tailor your wines for the UK market we’d love to hear from you.
With considerable experience in the UK multiple retail industry, specifically in the supply of own label wines, Greenway Wine provide consultancy services in many aspects of the wine trade, from winery to consumer:
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Global wine sourcing
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Supply base assessment and management
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Benchmarking and blending of wine styles to meet the UK retail expectations
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Technical due diligence and third party food safety certification
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Compliance to multiple retailer requirements
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Bulk shipping and contract bottling
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Packaging and labelling
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Fault identification and incident management
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Emerging trends such as alternative packaging formats and sustainability
We have first-hand experience in UK retail decision making and now we can help you meet those exacting standards.
Who we are...
Having spent a combined 25 years working in the Sainsbury’s Technical Manager & Winemaker role with responsibility for the sourcing, blending and technical due diligence of the entire own label wine range we are now working freelance in an industry we are passionate about.
After working as a Technical Manager in the food industry for several large scale manufacturers over 15 years, Richard decided to swap ready meals for wine and joined Sainsbury’s in 2011.
Starting at Majestic Wines Lisa has worked in the wine industry for over 20 years, for both retailers and wine importers, and joined Sainsbury’s in 2014.
Why choose us...
“I have enjoyed working alongside both Richard and Lisa for a decade in my capacity as supplying head winemaker for own-label wines from Australia and owner-winemaker for branded wines from South Africa. They have proven themselves both extremely knowledgeable and nuanced in their approach – not a combination one comes across often. In some way it is like a top-class surgeon having ‘people skills’; rare, but wonderful when it occurs. Put another way it is the ability to see over the horizon, while also focused on the next step in front of you. In the wine business, this is essential, because wines live and succeed in this dualism, this stretched reality. The complexity of wine demands an understanding of this. And very few people get it. Richard and Lisa do.”
Bruce Jack, Bruce Jack Wines
We have experience working in 16 wine producing countries and with over 150 producers
We can provide practical and pragmatic advice in a collaborative and supportive manner
We can blend wines appropriate in style and price for the UK consumer