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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 level 3 qualification, achieving distinction for his theory, and is now nearly finished with the WSET Diploma (just awaiting results!)

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.

 

WSET Diploma Student, David Andrews' Latest Articles

David Andrews
The WinesDirect Awards 2023
See the condensed results here The annual Winesdirect awards are in, giving you the inside scoop of our best rated supermarkets, merchants, wines and spirits. Competition was high this year but we did have some clear winners. The part we are most proud of is that our awards are voted for only by you, the consumers, giving our results maximum transparency. Waitrose rose to the top and it was perhaps unsurprising. After all it is the supermarket best known for quality whether it comes to wine or…
David Andrews
Porta 6: the wine that broke the internet
Depends who you are, but perhaps the ridiculously high reviews all over the place might be an answer. They have 6 wines to their name, with a recently released sparkling to add a celebratory option to the range. Porta 6 is a regional Lisboa wine, made of a blend of indigenous grapes (Aragonês, Castelão and Touriga Nacional) from all over the Lisboa region. This freedom to pick from different plots means they can be more precise with their grape choice and pick the best grapes for the style…
David Andrews
What makes Peyrassol Rose, Provence?
La Commanderie de Peyrassol is, for many, a wine estate of extremely strong renown and history. It was founded in Provence, in the early 13th Century by the Knights Templar whose seal is emblazoned upon the bottle tops to this day as is the Templar cross all over the estate. Parchment dated to 1256 even reports on the sale of wine from the Chateau, although it would not have been anything like the Rose of today. However, it wasn’t until the 1800s when wine began to overtake the estate’s other…
David Andrews
Tasting Tour of Canadian Wine
Having just returned from holiday exploring the National Parks of British Columbia, Alberta and Vancouver Island, Canadian wine is firmly on my mind. Unfortunately, wild fires surrounding a lot of wine country in Okanagan put paid to the planned wine tours, but it didn’t stop me having the chance to try it pretty much every day. The majority of production comes from Okanagan, in the West, and Niagara Peninsula, in the East. Most of the wine I tried was local to where I was staying, so pretty…
David Andrews
What is Chateau Minuty, Cotes de Provence?
Everyone knows the delicate, salmon-pink profile of Minuty’s M Rose, their bestselling wine, perfected over nearly a century of expertise and with an iconic bottle. But what else does this famous Provence winery have to offer? Château Minuty’s story really took off after the Second World War after a big replanting programme. By 1955 it was recognized as one of 23 top properties in Provence. In the 60s, Minuty saw a number of local varieties planted such as Tibouren and a focus on quality rather…
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