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David Andrews

 David Andrews, DipWSET

David brings great enthusiasm to the wine industry, having left St Andrews university in 2019 and unsure quite where the job market would lead him, he began part time work in a small independent brewery, aptly named Titsey, where it was just him and the owner brewing small batch beer. David then joined Majestic Wine as a trainee manager in Shepherds Bush, moving through the store ranks to head office and now joining us at Winesdirect in 2023. He has completed his WSET Diploma qualification and looking forward to share his expert knowledge and tidbits of the wine world.

As well as being highly knowledgeable on the wine industry, David also loves to deconstruct a wine’s profile and create in depth tasting notes. You’ll find a few breakdowns on our website as well as on his Instagram: @oinosattheoikos

David is a big advocate of adventurous wines and exploring all there is to offer. He rarely buys the same wine twice and is often attracted to obscure grapes from lesser-known regions.


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Top Reasons To Join Naked Wines
Naked Wines are best known for their pioneering lead on a business model that most importantly benefits the winemakers themselves. The model acts as a sort of investment, allowing their members, known as Angels, to invest a small fee each month into their accounts that can be used on the next order. This both allows customers to save up for their next wine top-up and allows Naked to immediately invest in their winemakers. By bringing their customers closer to independent winemakers like this…
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Champagne Tour: G.H.Martel & Veuve Clicquot - Part 3
Continuing on from day 2s events at Lanson and Pommery Champagne houses in Reims, the first port of call of the day was a slightly less early tasting at G.H Martel & Co for 11:30 followed by Veuve Clicquot later on. These guys are a slightly smaller house in the UK, although fairly big in the US. Their main production has now moved entirely to Epernay, where the house started in 1869, as they outgrew their Reims cellars and needed more space again to mature and produce their Champagne. Despite…
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Award Winning Wines At Naked
We’ve always said that Naked make good, authentic wines thanks to their business model that invests in winemakers and puts them first. And the proof really is in the pudding. Naked’s Angels have helped catapult their winemakers to glory, bagging 4 Gold, 40 Silver and 74 Bronze medals at the International Wine Challenge, Decanter World Wine Awards and International Wine & Spirit Competition. These competitions put their wines directly up against some of the world’s most expensive too, so you know…
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Sake
Sake is, contrary to popular belief, neither a wine nor a spirit in the technical sense, nor even a beer - it is it's very own category of fermented alcohol. It is made by fermenting polished rice, turning the starches into sugars which in turn then ferment into alcohol. In wine, the sugars in the grapes are already there without the starch into sugar process. In beer, the starch to sugar and sugar to alcohol processes happen in two steps whereas they occur at the same time in sake. Spirits are…
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Wine52 Case Review: California
This month’s Wine52 case explores the sunny coast of California, a region that I personally love when looking for something big and juicy. But, there is far more to Californian wine than just this. Cold coastal breezes and morning fog temper certain growing areas in the region, allowing for cool climate, aromatic grape varieties and wine styles to be made too. This case is a perfect example of just that, with an interesting Alsace-style Gewurztraminer and Albarino exemplifying the more…
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