Bogota to Beirut

Halcyon Days in the Whisky Trade

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2023
Pullington (Verlag)
978-1-7391162-0-0 (ISBN)

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David Maxwell-Scott gives a light hearted account of his time in the drinks business. His story spans three decades and five continents. It is enlivened by an engaging cast of characters and draws from an era when maverick traders and unorthodox marketing made his role both joyful and hugely successful. AUTHOR'S ROYALTIES DONATED TO UKRAINE

Beguiled by the eccentric, the foreign and the unusual, David Maxwell-Scott gives a lighthearted account of his time in the drinks business.
From his first days in the wine trade in 1962 to his role as managing director of J&B Whisky, David's story spans three decades and five continents, and is enlivened by an engaging cast of characters.
A compelling storyteller, David draws from an era when maverick traders and unorthodox marketing often combined to make his role both joyful and hugely successful.
AUTHOR'S ROYALTIES WILL BE DONATED TO CAFOD'S HUMANITARIAN APPEAL FOR UKRAINE.

David Maxwell-Scott has been in the drinks business for sixty years, from wine trade trainee to managing director of a major Scotch whisky company, and currently chairman of the UK's leading brewpub company. His travels have inspired him to write about the curious places and the colourful characters that he has had the good fortune to encounter. David lives in London with his wife, Isabel. He has two sons and two grandsons.

1 In the Beginning
PART 1 ~ BY WAY OF BACKGROUND ~ 1962-1969
2 A Wine Cellar under Charing Cross Station
3 Camden Town
4 Speyside Distilling
5 Ireland, North and South
6 Oporto and the Douro
7 Jerez and La Rioja
8 Bordeaux and Burgundy
9 Harlow and Stockwell
PART 2 ~ EXPORTING ~ 1970-1996
10 Latin America
11 Colombia
12 Andre
13 Venezuela
14 Brazil
15 Argentina
16 Uruguay and Paraguay
17 The Competition
18 J&B Rare: The New Kid on the Block
19 Peru
20 Chile
21 Communication and Travel
22 Bolivia
23 Ecuador
24 The Guianas
25 Panama
26 Central America
27 Mexico
28 West Africa
29 Firing an Agent
30 The Caribbean
31 Hispaniola
32 Dorrien's Boys
33 The Port Game
34 Europe: Beginning with Spain
35 Intermezzo in Italia
36 Franco's Spain
37 Portugal
38 Back to Spain in the Sixties
39 A Cautionary Tale
40 Spain: The First Hurdle
41 Franz v the Professor
42 Spain: Overtaking Johnnie Walker
43 How to Catch a Condor
44 The Magic of Scotland
45 The Million Bottle Parties
46 Cooper Goes to Epernay
47 Publicite Francaise
48 Ignition in Spain
49 Don Rafael's Fish
50 Learning Italian
51 Modern Marketing
52 Lunch in Greece
53 Dinner in Las Vegas
54 Travelling with Great Uncle Bulgaria
55 Return to Go
56 Game Fishing off Cape Town
57 Musical Chairs
58 The End of the Ullivarri Era
59 Emerging Markets: The Third Wave
60 The Old School Tie at Work in Monte Carlo
61 The Power of the Label
62 On Tipping and Practical Jokes
63 The Barons Get the Sack
64 Operation Dunkirk
65 Spain: Was it Just Luck?
66 The Lebanon
Acknowledgements
Image and Photograph Credit

Erscheinungsdatum	17.05.2023
Zusatzinfo	Black and white illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	374 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Getränke
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-7391162-0-8 / 1739116208
ISBN-13	978-1-7391162-0-0 / 9781739116200
Zustand	Neuware