Author Archives: Wine Geek

Italian Wine Scholar (IWS) award with Highest Honours by Wine Scholar Guild
Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Level 3 Award in Wines with Merit.
EMBA, London Business School and Columbia University in the City of New York, 2012

Twenty years of management experience in the software engineering, telecommunications, manufacturing and space sectors.

Awards: Innovator of the Year, Scotland (2018), Inventor of the Year, Scotland (2017); winner of the British Venture Capital Association’s “Venture-backed Management Team” award in Scotland. Three patents, five peer-reviewed research papers.

Elvira with 2022 Decanter Retailer Award diploma

Independent Wine wins “Best Small Online Wine Retailer of the Year 2022” at Decanter Retailer Awards

Edinburgh-based wine merchant Independent Wine has won the title of Best Small Online Wine Retailer of the Year at the Decanter Retailer Awards 2022. This follows on from success in 2021, when…

Independent Wine shortlisted for the Decanter Retailer Awards 2022

Independent Wine shortlisted for two Decanter Retailer Awards 2022

Independent Wine has been shortlisted for two Decanter Retailer Awards 2022. As in 2021, we’re in the running for the titles of Best Small Online Retailer and Best Specialist Retailer Italy. Last…

Mother and child planting a tree

Tree Planted with every order of 3 or more bottles

After this year’s shocking heatwaves across the UK, Elvira and I realised it’s time to get even more serious about the current climate emergency. After all, things have been getting worse for years.…

Fabrizio and Mario Francone in Gallina cru vineyard, Neive, Barbaresco DOCG

2 Francone wines score highly in Decanter Magazine’s Barbaresco Vintage Report

Decanter recently released its Barbaresco Vintage Report, spearheaded by its Italian wine expert and DWWA Judge Aldo Fiordelli. We’re happy to report that our friend and colleagues at Francone scored highly –…

Collection of DWWA medal winning wines - 1000x500

Exclusive Decanter Co-Promotion: Free Olive Oil with any 6 Bottles of DWWA Award-Winning Italian Wine

This summer, we’re excited to be involved in a co-promotion with Decanter Magazine: offering an exclusive deal just for their readers. The fact that such a prestigious publication has chosen to not…

Independent Wine Ltd - finalist Great British Entrepreneur Awards

Independent Wine’s founders announced as Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2022 finalists

Elvira and Oleg Dmitriev have been recognised as one of the best in the business after being named as a finalist in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Independent Wine is one of…

Federico II fountain, Jesi, Marche, Italy

Mirizzi Ergo Sum among The Independent’s Top 15 dry white wines for summer

We’re proud to announce that The Independent’s wine writer, John Clarke, has named Mirizzi Ergo Sum among the best dry white wines for summer. Delightfully complex – with notes of lily, honey,…

Nicola Scienza, holding a glass of wine, in the undergroung cellar, Rubinelli Vajol, Valpolicella, Italy

Decanter names three Rubinelli wines among its top-scoring Valpolicellas

Rubinelli Vajol sweeps the board with three high-scoring placements in Decanter’s recent Valpolicella panel tasting. Of the 92 wines tasted, only 33 took home a coveted “highly recommended” title – and three…

Siddùra winery and vineyards of Vermentino grapes in Gallura Sardegna, Sardinia Italy

Decanter names Siddùra Bèru one of the new Super-Italian wines

Decanter’s wine expert Susan Hulme MW has named my favourite Vermentino – Siddùra Bèru 2016 – as one of the new “Super Italians”. With its sumptuous tropical notes, zingy citrus backbone and…

The Great British Entrepreneur Awards - 15 Family Businesses to Watch in 2022

Independent Wine named one of 15 Family businesses to watch

Run by husband and wife team, Elvira and Oleg, Independent Wine was recently included in The Great British Entrepreneur Awards rundown of 15 family businesses to watch in 2022. Independent Wine –…