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New Staff
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Alexis Gouk joined the Alliance team in April of this year. Having travelled the world, doing many wine related jobs we are delighted to welcome her as Area Sales Manger for London. After doing a degree in English Literature Alexis spent several years in New Zealand working her way up through the hospitality trade. In 1997 she got her first job as an On Trade account manager with a New Zealand wine importer and distributor, from there she moved to Villa Maria. In 2001 Alexis did a vintage at Esk Valley Estate where she passed her fork lift licence and spent 2 months wearing overalls and attempting to make wine without causing any damage..... |
She returned to London in 2001 where she went back to restaurants, Managing West St and then to Gordon Ramsay @ Claridges as part of the Sommelier team. In 2002 Alexis went on to do MBA in Wine Business management at the Royal College of Agriculture where she won a prize for top student that year. After working briefly for Anthony Byrne Fine Wines she went to Moreno Wines for 14 months developing the London On Trade.
Alexis currently lives in London with her French boyfiend Julien - a pastry chef and Zoe her Springer Spaniel.
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