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PARTNERS
JK MARKETING
Judy Kendrick has been running JK Marketing, a UK-based wine marketing agency, since 1996. Apart from providing ‘common-sense’ marketing advice to individual producers or regions and countries, Judy has created and launched numerous prestigious UK wine trade and consumer events including: SITT (The Specialist Importers Trade Tasting), the 50 Great Portuguese Wines, The Wine Gang, the Three Wine Men, esoterica and Wines Unearthed (with The Wine Agency).
Judy and Ana are friends and have been working together for more than 12 years!
JUDY KENDRICK - Founder & CEO
UK SOMMELIER ACADEMY
The UK Sommelier Academy is the go-to organisation for all UK-based sommeliers and those working within the UK wine and spirit industry. Founded in 2021 by some of the UK’s leading sommeliers, the UKSA is the official UK arm of the International Sommelier Association (ASI).
The Wine Agency, founded by Ana Sofia Oliveira, is now an official partner of the UK Sommelier Academy (UKSA).
NICOLAS CLERK MS- Co-Founder & President
THE WINE HOUSE
The Wine House is a wine school. Here you learn how to plant a vine or open a bottle, explore a wine-growing region or discover unknown grape varieties, rediscover familiar wines or find new loves.
SARA RODRIGUES MATOS - Founder & CEO
RICARDO BERNARDO
Based in Portugal, Ricardo specialises in photographing wine and food at events, in studio or in vineyards. With a ‘special eye’ for people, Ricardo is able to create a real identity for brands: he’s a fantastic person to spend time with and to share a glass of wine!
RICARDO BERNARDO - Founder & CEO
MY GENUINE PORTUGAL
Created in 2017 by Dina Carvalho Sanches and Ana Sofia Oliveira (who is also co-founder and co-Manager of this project as well), My Genuine Portugal is an agency specialising in promoting genuine Portuguese products such as wines, food and crafts. The focus market of the agency has been France so far, but in the future, it intends to represent its clients in several markets.
Dina and Ana have been friends for more than 20 years, from the time when Ana lived in Paris.