TEAM

Robin Copestick

Director

Question	Answer
Name	Robin Copestick.
Position	Dynamic Left Hand Opening Bat (only on the cricket field, I'm actually very heterosexual) and Director of Copestick Murray.
Family	No one will marry me but have been with Melissa for 25 years. One son, Freddie and a border collie, Dillon.
Home(s)	Clapham Common, Trevose Golf Course, The Britannia Stadium, Bangkok Restaurant.
Hometown	Stoke-on-Trent.
CV	Man and boy (as in the photo aged 18) at Moreno Wines, shop boy, delivery boy, invoice boy, first salesman, first Sales Director and eventually joint Managing Director. Followed by three years, working for McGuigan (now AVL) in UK and Europe. Founded Copestick Murray in May 2005 with Paul.
Education	Undistinguished times at Shrewsbury, Taunton and London University. Made some great friends though and scored the odd 100.
Favourite Varietal	Pinot Noir
Desert Island Wine	Matahiwi Holly Pinot Noir, Creation Pinot Noir or Matsu El Viejo
Most Prized Possession	Three DVDs. Stoke beating Chelsea in the League Cup Final in 1972, England winning the Rugby World Cup in 2003 and Freddie being born in 1997. I was at all three events although came close to missing Freddie's birth as I was in the pub.
Favourite CD	The Bends.
Guilty Pleasure	Watching every Stoke goal at least 5 times on Football First and sneaking off to the golf course.
Teams Supported	Stoke City FC , England at any sport and anyone who plays against Andy Murray (he's not Paul's brother by the way).
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	Fun, different, dynamic, loyal and my only hope of a decent pension.

Paul Murray

Director

Question	Answer
Name	Paul Murray.
Position	Full Back or Fly Half - oh professionally - does everything no one else wants to do.
Family	Wife and 2 boys.
Home(s)	Marlborough, Newport Beach, California and New Quay, West Wales.
Hometown	Newcastle Upon Tyne.
CV	Morgan Stanley 11 years, Warburgs 6 Years, Merrill Lynch 2 Years, started Copestick Murray with Robin May 2005.
Education	BA (hons) Accounting and Finance and Durham School (left a little prematurely).
Favourite Varietal	Malbec - hairy chested, no nonsense, the Motörhead of wines.
Desert Island Wine	Silex - Didier Dageneau, God rest him.
Most Prized Possession	Any retained profit and my midnight blue Rickenbacker 370/6.
Favourite CD	Could be White Album or Stone Roses, nope Blue Lines - Massive Attack.
Guilty Pleasure	I have a separate iPod with all supposed cutting edge stuff on it, dig deep though and you'll find Sugababes, Girls Aloud and Take That …either that or my bloody boat - Terrifying.
Teams Supported	Newcastle United (obviously) and Los Angeles Angels (less obviously).
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	Organisation without walls, all voices need to be heard and carry equal weight with agenda set by the customers.

David Peek

Commercial Director

Question	Answer
Name	David Peek
Position	Commercial Director
Family	My long-suffering wife Katie, and two daughters: Lois and Holly
Home(s)	Maidenhead
Hometown	Probably Cambridge, although born in France
CV	Learnt how to drive vans, stack boxes and sell wine at Majestic, got given my ‘big break’ as a wine buyer at Tesco, did a year at WaverleyTBS when they were owned by Heineken, then a couple of years as a wine buyer at Sainsbury’s
Education	Yes, some
Favourite Varietal	Nebbiolo
Desert Island Wine	I really caught ‘the wine bug’ after drinking a bottle of Pol Roger Winston Churchill 1988 for my 21st birthday, so that would do nicely
Most Prized Possession	Not including my family (don’t think they count as possessions…?), I’m not very sentimental about objects, so on a purely mathematical basis: my house.
Favourite CD	Anything by Andy C
Guilty Pleasure	Early 90’s gangster rap
Teams Supported	None really
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	Pro-active, flexible, pragmatic, passionate about products and focused on customers.

Stuart Bond

Sales Director - UK Off Trade

Question	Answer
Name	Stuart Bond.
Position	Sales Director - UK Off Trade.
Family	Her indoors and a cat.
Home(s)	Country pile, penthouse in Chamonix.
Hometown	The 'Shire.
CV	After University joined Constellation Europe covering wholesale & convenience accounts. Then Gaymers Cider Company as a National Field Sales Manager. Followed by a stint at Brown-Forman covering convenience and National Mults... then Copestick Murray.
Education	The usual. School, college, university ...all a dim, debt-laden memory now.
Favourite Varietal	A good Cabernet Sauvigon.
Desert Island Wine	Probably the '89 Crystal I drank one Xmas with friends ..a bit bling, but it was bloody lovely.
Most Prized Possession	My house ...well, its the bank's, but it will be mine.
Favourite CD	Too many to mention ...probably, Charlatans - Us and Us Only. Helped me through my Uni dissertation.
Guilty Pleasure	Wasting my hard earned on buying needless snowboarding kit.
Teams Supported	Wolves ...its a family thing. Somerset Cricket Club ...the cider connection. Anyone involved in Winter Sports for UK.
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	Brilliantly different.

Rachel Archer

i heart Brand Manager

Question	Answer
Name	Rachel Archer.
Position	i heart Brand Manager and Project Manager specialising in new product development.
Family	1 husband, 1 baby & 3 siblings.
Home(s)	Colerne, Wiltshire.
Hometown	Spent my formative years in Manchester. "All Manchester's lacking is a beach. If it had a beach it'd be a great city" Ian Brown. If it had a beach, it would be the best city.
CV	5 years during the boom of UK agent Western Wines, followed by 4 fantastic years in South Africa working for Origin Wine. Made the difficult decision to move back home but quickly found Copestick Murray with a huge amount of new products needing to be realised in a very short space of time!
Education	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, brief stint at university but proudly without a degree. Entered the world of full time work for a couple of years, followed by art college, but then happily fell into the wine industry.
Favourite Varietal	A steely, flinty Sauvignon Blanc bringing back many happy memories of many happy bottles consumed in Cape Town.
Desert Island Wine	Springfield Special Cuvee Sauvignon Blanc or, on a cold winter's day, Cheval des Andes.
Most Prized Possession	The Labrador (brought home at great expense from South Africa, with 9 months in Amsterdam - for him, not us unfortunately).
Favourite CD	Off the wall - Micheal Jackson. Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde ...Jay-Z MTV Unplugged 2001, Music of the Spheres - Ian Brown ...any Stanton Warriors ...The Stone Roses ...the list goes on.
Guilty Pleasure	Watching The Goonies.
Teams Supported	Manchester United of course!
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	A dynamic, forward-thinking, can-do place to be.

Laura Hope

Business Development Manager

Question	Answer
Name	Laura Hope.
Position	Business Development Manager
Family	Long suffering boyfriend and 2 cats, Evie and Womble.
Home(s)	Bristol overlooking St George's Park
Hometown	Bournemouth.
CV	Started at Majestic as a fresh-faced graduate trainee in 2002 then reclaimed my weekends by moving to Averys as a private client wine advisor in 2005. After 3 1/2 years of talking to some lovely customers I joined Hicks & Don as sales manager and have now made the move to Copestick Murray.
Education	From Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth to Kings College Taunton then to Liverpool Uni for a BA in Latin American Studies. Yes, a rather random course but I got to spend a year in Chile where I discovered my love for wine.
Favourite Varietal	Chardonnay
Desert Island Wine	Domaine Dujac Morey St Denis Blanc 1er Cru Mont Luisants 2002.
Most Prized Possession	Evie & Womble our Bengal cats.
Favourite CD	Currently Metronomy, The English Riviera
Guilty Pleasure	Macaroons, the more colourful the better.
Teams Supported	2 Many Tonys softball team.
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	A breath of fresh air.

Tom Rew

Source Account Manager

Question	Answer
Name	Tom Rew.
Position	Account Manager
Family	Widely spread settlers across the globe.
Home(s)	A farm in Wiltshire. Always have been a country lad.
Hometown	Ludlow.
CV	Wine and English related work in Spain followed by a couple of years retail work with Wine Rack and Jeroboams.
Education	Gordonstoun School and UWE Bristol.
Favourite Varietal	Loving my German Rieslings at the moment.
Desert Island Wine	Etienne Sauzet's Batard Montrachet '03.
Most Prized Possession	My bike - nearly as old as I am.
Favourite CD	Currently Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a true story.
Guilty Pleasure	Shaving the wrong end of my pencil and rubbing the rubber shavings between my fingers - I love it.
Teams Supported	Wanstead Rugby Club.
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	A friendly, no nonsense, positive and robust team.

Sally Milles

Brand Manager

Question	Answer
Name	Sally Milles
Position	329th in my last triathlon and desperately trying to improve on that this summer! Regular BBQ's with a beer on the beach won't help my cause!
Family	Husband Freddie and new baby girl, Islay
Home(s)	A tiny flat in Southfields, home of the AELTC (answers on a postcard!), and Kennexstone campsite on the Gower.
Hometown	Edwinstowe in Nottinghamshire, once home to Robin Hood and his merry men.
CV	North Notts Graduates into Industry Scheme after graduating in 2000. Joined Majestic Wine in 2001. After being a retail manager for 5 years across London I moved to head office and performed various roles including Public Relations Manager and subsequently Brand Development Manager. I met Robin in 2009, he seemed like a good bloke (!). The rest is history!
Education	The Rufford School followed by Coventry University where I fostered a healthy reputation as a connoisseur of all things gastronomic.
Favourite Varietal	Got to be Chardonnay. Responsible for Champagne and white Burgundy... what more can I say!
Desert Island Wine	Salon 1996 and Haut-Brion 2000 after the canapés!
Most Prized Possession	My red van known as "the piglet". Being 5'3" tall it makes me feel more powerful on the busy roads of London and its revolutionised my camping experiences (I can plug my hairdryer in!)
Favourite CD	Tea for the Tillerman, Cat Stevens. An oldie but a goody!
Guilty Pleasure	Cheese of all varieties ...ideally in front of Eastenders (sorry guys!)
Teams Supported	Nottingham Forest, although I couldn't name a single player or tell you their league position (or league for that matter!)
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	A down-to-earth, dynamic, approachable, honest and fun team utterly passionate about wine!

Nick Bryan

Accounts

Question	Answer
Name	Nick Bryan
Position	Financial Controller
Family	Pretty good but the lineage is a bit dodgy in the mid 1800s
Home(s)	Devizes
Hometown	Cheltenham
CV	Qualified as Chartered Accountant at Ernst & Young before moving to Booker for eight years. Finance Director of Refresh UK plc which incorporates Wychwood Brewery and Brakspears beers. More recent experience in retail and a startup which did not make the predicted millions. So nice to be back in the drinks industry in a business going places.
Education	Dean Close School, Cheltenham and University of Stirling
Favourite Varietal	Bit of a sucker for anything with Rioja on the label
Desert Island Wine	Remember being given an ancient red Burgundy during an audit of a wine merchant when training with E&Y. Couldn’t tell you any more detail than that but I’m confident it will wash up on the shore of the island when I need it
Most Prized Possession	Yamaha grand.
Favourite CD	Outhipped – Barbara Dennerlein
Guilty Pleasure	Where to start?
Teams Supported	Ipswich Town FC and The (Gloucester)Shire CCC
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	Lively!

David Clarke

Sales Director for Source Wines

Question	Answer
Name	David Clarke.
Position	Sales Director for Source Wines.
Family	2 children - 1 daughter and 1 son.
Home(s)	Only 1.
Hometown	Swadlincote.
CV	8 Years with Paragon Vintners, Sales Director Midlands/North, 2 Years Financial Services with Cattles PLC, 13 Years at Bass PLC in Sales Account Management, Tele Account Management, Training, UK and Europe.
Education	Granville Secondary Modern, Burton Technical College.
Favourite Varietal	Pinot Noir and Riesling.
Desert Island Wine	Noval Nacional 1931, with only a couple of dozen bottles left in the world from around 200 original cases, my dream wine! If I cant get the 1931 Nacional, I'd settle for 1931 Noval Vintage Port, about as rare but I dont want to appear too fussy!
Most Prized Possession	Camera.
Favourite CD	O mio babbino caro - Montserrat Caballé.
Guilty Pleasure	Chocolate Brazil Nuts.
Teams Supported	Not really.
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	Never a dull day.

Chris Tew

Logistics

Question	Answer
Name	Chris Tew.
Position	Logistics and general factotum for Source.
Family	2 daughters, a wife and a dog.
Home(s)	Cardiff- Guardamar del Segura- New Quay.
Hometown	Cardiff.
CV	Hotels, Pubs, Restaurants,Bars, Sports Arena's most things involving alcohol really then a stint in food sales.
Education	Long and varied.
Favourite Varietal	Merlot.
Desert Island Wine	Anything cold - Magnums preferably.
Most Prized Possession	My dog Mungo. He is a Sharpei.
Favourite CD	I have no favourite but I do like rocking out to a good 80’s style power ballad!
Guilty Pleasure	Scoffing chocolate.
Teams Supported	Wales Rugby, Cardiff Blues and Manchester United.
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	Pro-active.

Martin Parry Davies

Operations Director

Question	Answer
Name	Martin Parry Davies.
Position	Operations Director.
Family	Lots.
Home(s)	Marlborough.
Hometown	Cefn Code.
CV	In the fashion business man and boy...until now!
Education	There was some education involved.
Favourite Varietal	Simple tee, good jeans, Prada shoes.
Desert Island Wine	Anything with a screwcap.
Most Prized Possession	On a need to know basis.
Favourite CD	As above.
Guilty Pleasure	Definitely as above.
Teams Supported	Anything Welsh.
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	Like the fashion trade but with longer leadtimes.

James Le Grys

National Account Manger

Question	Answer
Name	James Le Grys.
Position	National Account Manger
Family	The Girlfriend and the rest of the clan in Kent.
Home(s)	Bristol.
Hometown	The glorious weald of Kent.
CV	In the industry for 12 years, got the usual start in wine with Majestic, then a spot of wine making in NZ for 4 years then back to the UK and did stints with Berkmann wines, Matthew Clark and Bibendum wine. I have finally landed at Copestick Murray.
Education	Plumpton College doing wine making diploma, with a final year in Lincoln Uni in New Zealand.
Favourite Varietal	I am very much a Pinotphile.
Desert Island Wine	Ruinart Blanc de Blancs - delicious
Most Prized Possession	My golf clubs.
Favourite CD	Muse, The Resistance.
Guilty Pleasure	Watching the Sharpe and Hornblower TV series.
Teams Supported	Exeter Chiefs, A team that rarely disappoints.
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	Small but well formed, punches above its weight.

Tom Craven

Brand Manager

Question	Answer
Name	Tom Craven.
Position	Brand Manager.
Family	Loads!
Home(s)	London
Hometown	London
CV	Sommelier, events organiser, PR, winemaking, & salesman in the UK, Spain, Italy & Argentina.
Education	Marlborough College, Oxford Brookes University, Plumpton College.
Favourite Varietal	At the moment... Erbaluce.
Desert Island Wine	Pientate Lunghi, Rossini, Rosso Conero 2005.
Most Prized Possession	My guitar (which I can't yet play).
Favourite CD	Manu Chao, Esperanza.
Guilty Pleasure	Buying lots of wine which I can't afford!
Teams Supported	Chelsea (until they all became chest waxing prima donnas) and now Real Betis (who used to be good).
How do you sum up Copestick Murray?	Fun, challenging, dynamic & resourceful.