"23 years on, and I still get a huge buzz out of running Vintage Roots, there’s never a dull moment and

I’m hugely proud of what we’ve achieved and where we are heading.

I also don’t have to preach the benefits of ‘organic’ any more as I did with evangelical zeal in the old days (I guess I must have bored the pants off folk at parties!). People know what organic wine is all about nowadays; I’ve now got the confidence just to say 'taste that'…"

My 1^st big break: "Dad showing me how to use the corkscrew!"

My 1^st big break: "Either selling our first van load of 60 cases in the first 2 months of business - way beyond what we expected - or possibly selling about 2,000 cases of a red called Albaric (VPD du Gard) into Peter Dominics as it then was, in the late 80's.... it was a BIG deal way back then!"