Bubbles / Wine Expert

COVID-19 Update: Due to current circumstances, The Wine Tipster’s usual Wine and Prosecco DOC events have been moved online. The Wine Tipster has adapted to these changes seamlessly, bringing bubbles related tips to a range of Virtual Events and publications. Join in from your home by following The Wine Tipster across Social Media and keep up to date with his Gigs, Virtual Events & Broadcasting page.

Virtual Events have included Prosecco DOC webinars with WSET, Miss Jones PA, Glass of Bubbly, Wine Events Scotland, and Wine Schools across the country, to name just a few. Social Media has also been a hit with Prosecco DOC food pairing events via Facebook Live with Chef and Restaurant Magazine,  Foodies Festival, Love Wine Festival, and Instagram Live with Hot Dinners, Wine Time London and for the Chinese Baijiu  importer Cheng International.

The Wine Tipster has also been writing for Cotswold Life about how to get wine deliveries, his top 5 Cotswold Wineries for English Wine Week 2020 and a Festive Guide to Cotswold Wine. He has also been featured in Red Magazine with everything you should know about Orange Wine, and provides regular tips for The Jockey Club such as on Autumn Reds, Christmas Cocktails, Wines for Christmas, and Festive Fizz Collections. Stay tuned for more.

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As a spokesperson for the Consortium, Neil has presented masterclasses at the Glass of Bubbly trade tasting, London International Wine Trade Fair, The Restaurant Show, Bar & Pub Show as well as promoting Prosecco DOC via BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4, The Italian Food Project and iNews. The Wine Tipster’s popular Prosecco DOC and Grana Padano PDO masterclasses at Taste of London allow his presenting flair and expert knowledge to shine alongside Danilo Cortellini, Francesco Mazzei and Oz Clarke.

The Wine Tipster has worked closely with a number of champagne houses such as Laurent-Perrier, Canard-Duchêne and Jacquart as well as previously being the UK ambassador for G.H.Mumm and Perrier-Jouët. As a finalist in the UK Champagne Ambassador Awards, Neil has an ongoing relationship with the trade. This includes The Wine Tipster’s role as a WSET Educator, Ambassador for Harpers Champagne Occasions and judge for Glass of Bubbly Awards and The Caterer’s Product Excellence Awards. 

The Wine Tipster has presented on English and Welsh wines at the London Wine Trade Fair, Farmshop & Deli Show for Waitrose and has promoted English wines on ITV Racing, Racing TV, BBC London and Talk Sport.

Current wine clients include: Prosecco DOC Consortium, Pays d’Oc Consortium, Pernod Ricard, E & J Gallo, WW Rothschild Collection, Les Dauphins, Gonzalez Byass, Villa Sandi and Château Léoube.

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