Ronan Sayburn, Director of Wines and Spirits for the Hotel du Vin Group is one of only a few Master Sommeliers of wine in the UK, with over 20 years in the wine business. Who better to do a thorough test of our By The Glass Wine Dispenser and Preservation System?

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Ronan Sayburn has joined the Hotel du Vin Group as its director of wine and spirits. Sayburn has been involved in the wine business for nearly 20 years.

His previous experience includes stints working for Le Manoir Aux Quat’ Saisons, Pied à Terre and wine merchant OW Loeb.

He also worked for the Gordon Ramsay Group as executive head sommelier for eight years, mainly in the Royal Hospital Road, and created the wine lists and trained wine service teams for Claridge’s, the Connaught, the Savoy, Boxwood Café, Maze and several overseas operations.

More recently he was at the Greenhouse restaurant in London’s Mayfair, which has the UK’s largest wine list of 3,400 bins.

Sayburn is a Master Sommelier, previous winner of the UK Sommelier of the Year competition and competed twice representing the UK in the European Sommelier Competition.

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The Caterer Magazine – Friday 19 February 2010

You can find out more about Ronan Sayburn on his website – www.ronansayburn.com