Last week we happened to have a visit from a mystery shopper working for the International Wine Challenge. The chap bowled in bright and early and was dressed like a country gent, I had nothing to suspect when he pulled out a detailed menu that he wanted wines matched to, in fact this is no rare occurence, many of our regulars trust us with food matches for their important dining occasions.
Twenty minutes later after coming up with some suitable suggestions for the array of dishes (tuna with a salsa, pork with a PX sauce and lemon shortbread) he let it slip he was not a genuine customer. Last year we were one of two Central England Small Merchant Finalists, perhaps we may better our second place - watch this blog, the results are out in early September.
We also have been shortlisted as one of eleven merchants for the Decanter Small Merchant of the year award. This is a great honour as we are in some exhalted company and whilst our customers are the most important judge of what we do, to be picked out by a team of respected judges such as those at Decanter means alot to us. Need to keep an eye out for another mystery shopper lurking in the shadows.......
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