How Boutinots global winemaking give its customers what they need

Once upon a time Stockport was famous for sending millions of hats around the world and proud to be the UK’s centre for hat production. Now there is a very different kind of Stockport business famous for selling its wares worldwide - Boutinot . It might be known in the UK as one of the country’s biggest and well-respected wine distributor, it is also a major global wine producer in its own right with 60% of its business now coming from its own international wine production and sales of its wine in 60 countries. Yet in true northern fashion it likes to keep itself to itself. It knows what it needs to do to give its customers what they want and does not always feel the need to tell the world about it. Unless you are prepared to go and see them and find out for yourself. Which is exactly what Richard Siddle did with a trip to greater Manchester to see what Boutinot is really all about.