With over 35 years of experience in the Wine Trade working for Lay & Wheeler, Oddbins, Bibendum and Armit, Phil definitely knows a thing or two about wine. His particular passions include Burgundy, Piedmont and Chile, where he has visited and made firm friends. For 25 years he has sold to Restaurants, which has also become a passion. He has travelled extensively through the vinous world, completing vintages in Alsace and Australia and is never happier than when he is wandering through the vineyards or tasting with the producer in their cellars whilst learning about what constitutes a great site. All this aligned with a lifelong passion for Ipswich Town Football Club, a love of family, friends and felines pretty much tells you all you need to know!

Derek has been involved with wine since leaving school in 1987 with a summer job before 6th form setting him on a course of vinous delight. From stacking cases in a wine warehouse, to van driver, to Oddbins then Selfridges before heading down under for a vintage with Yalumba and 5 years selling French wine into the Sydney restaurant scene. Based in Norwich he is L&S’s man on the ground outside London focussing on East Anglia where he enjoys building solid relationships with chefs and sommeliers. A lover of all wine, a firm believer that there is only ‘good wine and bad wine’ and all fads in between are just that ‘fads’. Slightly obsessed with the wines of the Rhône Valley (Châteauneuf-du-Pape in particular), Languedoc-Roussillon, Australia and the Barossa Valley. Away from wine, its family, 3 young children and a gorgeous wife, an ancient black Labrador, the VW campervan, cooking and stand-up comedy, Norwich City Football Club and Scotland Rugby!

Wine has always been a big part of Giulia’s life. As a kid, she used to foot tread the family wine in her grandparents’ garden, and grew up seeing wine as a daily staple of that wonderful social ritual of family meals in Italy. As you can imagine, Giulia has a serious passion for Italian wines. She’s studying for her WSET Diploma and already aced the Italian Wine Scholar in London. Her favorite grape? Sangiovese, because it’s humble yet elegant, versatile but a bit grumpy—and also reminds her of her roots in Emilia Romagna.
Her career has spanned both Marketing and Sales roles, handling everything from small clients to big national corporate accounts.
When she’s not working or cramming for WSET exams, you’ll find her binge-watching series, geeking out over movies, or exploring new restaurants in London. Reluctantly, she works out too, but honestly, she'd much rather be lifting a plate of tortellini every day.

Izzy hails from East London, not renowned for being particularly vinous. However, with parents who spent most of their time playing Tetris with wine bottles in the boot of their car en route back from France, you could say she was born into a career in wine.
Her interest in wine really blossomed when she began to work in hospitality. She became a sommelier, working in a prestigious members club and then on to several Michelin star restaurants across London.
She finds great excitement in the individuality of winemakers today and the multitude of great wines coming from around the world, but Northern Rhone Syrah has always maintained a strong place in her heart.
When not working she likes to run and do yoga while also maintaining balance by eating and drinking across the many great bars, pubs, and restaurants that London has to offer.