Experts

Exploring and discovering wines for our wholesale collection is one of our greatest thrills. As a company highly passionate about great wines, we have been committed to investing in a dedicated team of professionals and industry experts from the start to help source and promote each brand.

We want our customers to consider us to be more than just an importer, wholesaler and distributor. We aim to be a partner you can rely on to source and supply wines that excite the palate.

Masters of Wine

Signature Wines only represents quality brands and products. To ensure this standard is maintained and to bring to the UK wines that suit the UK palate, Signature Wines has used experienced Masters of Wine to taste potential new brands, blends wines and create enticing wine label descriptions. This attention to detail, especially when a new product is introduced, has been instrumental in ensuring the high level of quality has been maintained.

Caroline Gilby - MW

Caroline consulted for Signature Wines during 2014 and was especially selected for her unique knowledge and expertise of wines from the Balkans and Eastern Europe region.

A Master of Wine since 1992 and with a Ph.D. in Plant Sciences, Caroline hung up her microscope in 1988 to join the world of wine as a senior buyer for a major UK wine retail chain before becoming a freelance writer and consultant to the industry. Contributing to over 20 years of her life to specialising in wines from the Balkans and Eastern Europe.

Justin Howard-Sneyd - MW

Justin Howard-Sneyd consulted for Signature Wines during 2014. His wine career began when he worked in a small wine shop, ran wine tasting courses, and briefly worked for Oddbins, before working on 6 vintages in South Africa, France, Hungary and Romania. Justin returned to the UK and worked as a wine buyer for Britain’s leading supermarket, and became a Master of Wine in 1999, winning the essay prize, and the Tim Derrouet award for an outstanding performance in both theory and practical exams. In 2005 he ran the Waitrose buying team and moved to Direct Wines as Global Wine Director. Justin now dedicates his time consulting to other businesses across the world of wine.

Timeline

The Signature Team

Signature has a proud history of establishing brands to new markets and uses a devoted team of professionals to manage key aspects of the business which ensures maximum customer satisfaction. 

Dedication is paramount to promoting each brand. Investment in technology is applied to ensure the user experience is seamless and a modern and efficient distribution hub is maintained to ensure goods are delivered swiftly and with care.

Dee Bhatia - Founder & CEO

Founder and CEO of Signature, Dee has an ongoing passion for wine and encourages his team to source quality wines for the Signature wholesale range.  

Focused on bringing high-quality brands to a British and European audience, Dee has been pleased to provoke a great response from retailers, industry experts and Masters of Wine.

Jyoti Bhatia - Operations Director

Jyoti has over ten years’ experience in business operations and distribution, with an extensive knowledge of running a multi-million pound turnover distribution centre within various different business sectors. 

Jyoti has developed systems using state of the art web technology which manages orders along with accurate stock management control which ensures turnaround for goods from placement of order to delivery is efficient which is an important aspect of the business, integral to maintaining customer satisfaction.

Sallie Ward - Marketing and Creative 

Sallie’s role as part of the Design and Creative team is to maintain brand awareness for each Eastern Mediterranean wine, represented by Signature in the UK, in addition to promoting via social media UK wine stockists who invest in these emerging region wines.

Signature’s design team is also on hand to help wine retailers produce their own wine label to bespoke specifications for development of their own wine range.