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Consultancy Services
I increasingly receive samples from wine-producers who want to export to the UK, with requests to taste and evaluate them and often to recommend them to independent importers in the UK. In the past I have done what I can when I have the time, but I’m now having to put the whole thing on a formal footing. In addition I am occasionally approached by exporters who want their web sites and brochures to be more ‘user-friendly’ in the English speaking world. In response to these needs, I offer two sets of services:
(A) Evaluation of wines
I’m always delighted to receive samples of new vintages, new wines, and start-up wineries and, if they’re good enough and the opportunity presents itself, I may very well write about them. It’s always good to see new talent coming into the market and I am very keen to promote it when it does.
As a freelance, however, my time is precious and that’s why I’m offering the following opportunities to interested exporters:
Option 1:
Please feel free to send me samples of new wines/vintages for interest’s sake and, if they are good enough and the opportunity arises, I’ll write about them. Please always include contact details for the producer (ideally on a sticker on each bottle, with a contact name) and an approximate ex-cellars price. There is no charge for this service.
Option 2:
Tasting and evaluation of wines - a full and formal tasting across a 12-hour period (freshly-opened, after two hours, and with food) with detailed tasting notes and a realistic appraisal of the wines’ potential in the UK market including presentation and marketing advice. The charge for this is €150 for up to 6 bottles, €300 for 7-12, and other quantities pro rata, payable by banker’s draft. Clients may quote me in press-release and brochure copy on a vintage-specific basis for this service.
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Option 3:
For wines which seem to offer real opportunity to UK importers in terms of price and quality I can use an e-mail database to give the producer’s contact details and my own comments on the wines to the independent sector. There is a one-off charge of €50 for this.
Please note: There is no guarantee that I will write about any wine. There is no guarantee that an importer will ask for samples. This is purely an information service. All samples must be sent carriage and tax-paid home.
(B) ‘Polishing’ brochure and web site copy
I read many web sites and brochures from wine-producers which have been translated into English very competently, but by translation agencies which have no specialist knowledge of wine and which, as a result, are full of misunderstandings and mistranslations. I am offering to read and rewrite English-language translations of your brochure or web site from a mother-tongue English, wine-trade specific and public relations background for a fee of €100 per thousand words or part thereof.
If you’d like more information, please contact me; details on the left.
Please note: My name may not be used under any circumstances with respect to edited copy created under this service.
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