How Society of Vintners serves its members & on-trade customers

With a business turning over £21 million and selling over 4 million bottles a year the Society of Vintners is a company to be taken seriously and well deserving of its reputation as one of the UK’s most respected wine distributors. But how much do we really know how it operates and who its members are? Here we talk to chief executive, John Mansfield, chairman Andrew Bate and its new commercial director, Claire Greenwood about the Society’s ambitious growth plans and how it plans to achieve them.

Originally published by www.the-buyer.net at 2026-02-12 12:00:00