Jascots appoints MW student to lead buying team

Jascots Wine Merchants, specialist supplier to the UK on-trade, has appointed MW student Adam Porter as its head of wine buying with a mission to raise its wine range to a “new level of excitement and innovation”.

Porter successfully completed the first year of the Master of Wine education program earlier this month

Porter, who successfully completed the first year of the Master of Wine education program earlier this month, joined Jascots in June 2014 as marketing manager.

Over the past six months he has studied market trends and insight to develop a new range of 20 products that will be launched onto the market in September.

“Adam has proven over the last six months that he has the commercial acumen, tenacity and flair to find brilliant new wines to the UK market”, said a spokesman for Jascots.

“We are delighted that he will be leading the exciting challenge of developing Jascots’ wine range. His task will be to continue bringing exciting new wines to market that surprise and delight our customers offering exceptional value for money.”

Former head buyer Ally Pyatt will be leaving the business with Jascots’ currently in the process of hiring a buyer to Join Porter’s team.