Fine Wines Direct UK welcomes wine columnist and BBC presenter

Wine agency Fine Wines Direct UK has welcomed two new faces to its sales team: having set out investment in the division as a priority for 2023.

Neil Cammies is the former wine columnist at Media Wales and presented wines on BBC Radio Wales.  He has also judged at the Great Taste Awards and appeared on Great British Menu and Street Market Chefs.

After 30 years he left his career in the press to join the sales team at Fine Wines Direct UK in Cardiff, where he conducts wine tastings and events, designs wine lists and hosts staff training for clients, as well as promoting the extensive Fine Wines Direct UK portfolio. 

Hayley Clare joins the Fine Wines Direct Sales Team as National Account Manager and will be responsible for the on-trade channel focusing on wholesalers, Hotel Groups, Pub Groups and Restaurant Groups.  

Clare has extensive experience in the hospitality sector, having trained and worked with Whitbread Plc for five years which was followed by several years in on trade management. Clare also spent several years in the pharmaceutical’s industry as a business development manager before joining FWDUK where she will combine both her extensive sales background and understanding of the hospitality industry.