Robin and Marion Jones, Croque-en-Bouche, Underdown - Grooms Cottage, Gloucester Road, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 2JE. UK

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Shaun Hill at the now-retired Merchant House in Ludlow, used to do his own list. Whilst he’d always chosen good and interesting wines, the list itself did the restaurant and the diners no favours, but he had neither the time or the DTP skills to work on it. His and Anya’s highly-rated restaurant was already fully booked months ahead, so he asked me to look after the list. It was the AA Winelist of the year 2004. See the winning list pdf?

I designed what he wanted: a lean, economical list without flummery. Max. 90 wines (about a third came from us), and tried to cover all the main varieties and top artisan producers. Each weekend, he e-mailed his vintage and wine changes, and when he opened again, I’d sent back new sheets. Always up-to-date.

The Angel Hotel like a similar lean style, and I’ve got them TWO major ‘Awards of Excellence’ from ‘Wine Spectator’ magazine. Angel wine list pdf?

I give the help I’m asked for. From a base design, through recommending wines and suppliers, to the full production service, detailed here, often supplying wines from my cellar. You choose what suits.

Menus and wine lists were our life for 25 years and it’s nice to continue to have wine lists to play with. Design is important, but content more so. Wines have to be organised, have range for all tastes, and be described interestingly. Wine lists still scare some people! So many lists are unhelpfully organised and miss-spellings and naming errors are too common. ...See some tips?

Peter Constable at the Artillery Tower was a wine customer, who needed a new website, but looking at his menu and list, it was obvious he’d spent more time at the stove than honing his DTP skills - quite right too! I designed his site, menu, and list as one - cost effective that way. See the AT list pdf?

The Fox and Hounds Pub in Wiltshire had a list done for free(!) by their wine merchant, but decided to spend a couple of hundred pounds for me to get it right. Click the old and new pdf files and compare!