Q&A With Sevgi Tüzel-Conghaile

Name: Sevgi Tüzel-Conghaile Occupation & Company: Owner at A WINE IDEA Tell me about your current role? I’m doing a bit of everything! A WINE IDEA is a one-person show. I’m sure I have some friends and family that think all I do is sip wine all day, the reality is quite different. I started…

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Q&A with Leah Kilcullen, Marketing Coordinator at Whiplash Beer

Name: Leah Kilcullen Occupation & Company: Marketing Coordinator at Whiplash Beer Tell me about your current role? I started at Whiplash in August 2020, certainly an interesting time to be in the drinks industry! I came in part-time at first to help keep the social media channels rolling but this eventually grew into a wider…

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WSW set Bewley’s Ablaze with Catena Play & Wine Tasting

On Thursday 13th October we were delighted to join our members together for a night of storytelling and socialising with Cassidy Wines to host a unique event for our group. On the night we were delighted to have Adriana Catena, 4th generation family member at Catena, and export manager Pedro in attendance for the performance of “As…

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Q&A with Ellen Leonard Bates from Diageo

Name: Ellen Leonard Bates Occupation & Company: Strategic Accounts Manager at Diageo Ireland Tell me about your current role? As strategic accounts manager, I look after the commercial elements involved with pub group accounts in the on-trade (on-premise). It is a customer-facing role across spirits and beer. I am also involved from a commercial perspective with…

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Q&A with Avril Kirrane McMurrough of Boutique Wines

Name: Avril Kirrane McMorroughOccupation & Company: Business development and wine consultant at Boutique Wines. Tell me about your current role.My title is Business development and wine consultant at Boutique Wines, although it’s a bit of everything really! This year we are celebrating 21 years in business, and I came onboard 6 years ago. We are…

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