Ep 473: Luke Harbor, Head Sommelier, The Pig in the South Downs, MW Student Series, 3/4

I’m Lawrence Francis, Host of Interpreting Wine the place to learn from thought leaders in the world of wine and marketing, welcoming you to the MW Student Series series. Across these 4 episodes exploring the personal and professional experiences of four current MW students, with the aim to shine a light on the varied roles each has within the wine industry. In each episode we’ll also be tasting a selection of wines that have a special significance to each of them. We continue the series in the company Luke Harbor, Head Sommelier of The Pig in the South Downs. His episode is a brilliant exploration of his entry into the wine industry developing and working his way through various roles to his current position. Luke completed the WSET Diploma in 2020, qualified WSET educator and leads THE PIG’s wine education across the group. More recently, he was awarded the IWSC’s prize for emerging talent in hospitality in April 2021 and started the Master of Wine programme in September 2021.   00:00:00 Intro 00:02:10 Origin Story 00:13:26 The Pig Group deep dive 00:21:05 Seasonality in food and wine  00:23:45 Impact of COVID 00:29:32 Wine tasted: Danbury Ridge Estate Chardonnay 2018 00:33:12 Pairings from the Pig menu 00:44:49 MW Programme 00:52:48 The vineyard at The Pig in the South Downs   If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/473 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Intro and outro musicThe New Investorshttp://newinvestors.dk/Contact: [email protected] GUEST CONTACT: Luke Harbor, Head Sommelier, The Pig in the South Downs https://www.thepighotel.com/in-the-south-downs/ https://www.instagram.com/the_pig_hotels/ Date recorded: 3 November 2021 Listen and subscribe: www.interpretingwine.com  CONTACT ME: Email: [email protected]   Wine Marketing Roundtable: https://www.interpretingwine.com/roundtable Instagram: https://www.interpretingwine.com/instagram Facebook: https://www.interpretingwine.com/facebook Twitter: https://www.interpretingwine.com/twitter Linkedin: https://www.interpretingwine.com/linkedin Clubhouse: https://www.interpretingwine.com/clubhouse Youtube: www.interpretingwine.com/youtube   MW Student Series SERIES DIRECT LINK Melissa Worrall www.interpretingwine.com/463 Victoria Daskal www.interpretingwine.com/464 Luke Harbor www.interpretingwine.com/473 Florencia Gomez www.interpretingwine.com/474