February 15, 2017

WWC 25 - Martin Day

 Martin Day, our 25th writing-competition entrant, began his journey into wine in 1996 when, as a 22 year old, he took an assistant manager's position at a wine bar in Southend-on-Sea. He immediately became enamoured with the world of wine and started to work his way through the WSET exams. Following a stint working with Swig, he took a position with Bibendum Wine, firstly as an account manager, and latterly as a buyer with responsibility for South Africa, USA, Portugal, Austria, Germany, England and Eastern Europe. In 2013, Martin took the opportunity to get back to his roots and purchased the wine bar he first started at, The Pipe of Port. A diploma graduate, he is looking forward to becoming a WSET-approved provider and eventually enrolling on the Master of Wine course.