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The Team

CEO - Henry Sugden

Operations Winemaker - Poppy Seeley

Head Winemaker - Nick Lane

After a career in the British Army,  working with small companies in Kenya and a stint in the City, Henry set up Defined Wine in late 2018

Head Winemaker - Nick Lane

Operations Winemaker - Poppy Seeley

Head Winemaker - Nick Lane

Nick was winemaker at Cloudy Bay in New Zealand before spending 5 years in Champagne with Moet and Dom Perignon before joining us during harvest 2020

Operations Winemaker - Poppy Seeley

Operations Winemaker - Poppy Seeley

Operations Winemaker - Poppy Seeley

Poppy has an MSc in Viticulture and Oenology from Plumpton College and completed vintages in Australia, California, New Zealand, South Africa and the UK before starting at Defined during harvest 2019

Cellar Supervisor - Pete Robinson

Cellar Supervisor - Pete Robinson

Cellar Supervisor - Pete Robinson

Pete grew up in Kent and was in wine retail before becoming our first cellar hand in 2019

Lab Assistant - Irena Petsova

Cellar Supervisor - Pete Robinson

Cellar Supervisor - Pete Robinson

Irena gained her BSc in Bulgaria before moving to Kent and working in agriculture labs before starting at Defined in Jan 2021

Contract winemaking

Cellar Hand - Janneke van der Merwe

Cellar Hand - Janneke van der Merwe

Cellar Hand - Janneke van der Merwe

Janneke joined in time for harvest 2022 and is now working for us full time. She has a BSc in Oenology and Viticulture from the University of Stellenbosch

Contract winemaking

Cellar Hand - Greg Harries

Cellar Hand - Janneke van der Merwe

Cellar Hand - Janneke van der Merwe

Having worked in wineries whilst travelling round Australia, Greg joined for harvest 2022 and is now working for us full time

Contract winemaking

Operations Manager - Glen Lishman

Production Manager - Pete Brissenden

Production Manager - Pete Brissenden

Glen joined us in October 2022 after a career in the British Army and oversees all production, projects and compliance

Production Manager - Pete Brissenden

Production Manager - Pete Brissenden

Production Manager - Pete Brissenden

Having spent over ten years in the brewing industry - brewing, bottling, quality control, logistics and sales, Pete made the switch into wine and living in East Kent joined the team in Jan 2020

Production Coordinator - Louis Wood

Production Manager - Pete Brissenden

Production Coordinator - Louis Wood

Louis has vintage experience from his native South Australia as well as France and the USA and was previously Logistics Manager at Indigo Wines in London before joining the team in May 2021

Production Hand - Harry Ilman

Production Hand - Jarred Lysaught

Production Hand - Jarred Lysaught

Harry grew up in East Kent and joined the team in June 2021

Production Hand - Jarred Lysaught

Production Hand - Jarred Lysaught

Production Hand - Jarred Lysaught

Originally Australian, Jarred settled locally and joined the team in Mar 2022 

Contract winemaking

Production Hand - Dave Russell

Production Hand - Jarred Lysaught

Production Hand - Dave Russell

Another local, Dave joined the team in 2022

Contract winemaking

Stock Controller - Nina Julian

Warehouse Supervisor - Paul Jillings

Warehouse Supervisor - Paul Jillings

Nina lives locally and has been sorting out all our stock, storage and dispatch since the summer of 2022

Warehouse Supervisor - Paul Jillings

Warehouse Supervisor - Paul Jillings

Warehouse Supervisor - Paul Jillings

A local all his life, Paul joined as our warehouse supervisor in Nov 2021

Office Manager - Carole Cook

Warehouse Supervisor - Paul Jillings

Office Manager - Carole Cook

Carole started her career working for Yapp Brothers, a Wiltshire based independent wine merchant and has WSET level 3. Having moved to Kent with the family, she has looked after our admin since the start

We are HIRING!

We are always looking for extra people for productio and for harvest (1st September to mid November) . If you are interested in applying, please email: winery@definedwine.com with a copy of your CV

Files coming soon.

The purchase and installation of Contract Winery Equipment is part funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development


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