Island Life Magazine Ltd December/January 2018 | Page 48

Interview
Villa Ottolenghi
20s, Paul Anthony was already running
successful restaurants and gastro-pubs
in London and the south. One of his
most recent achievements winning the
accolade of GQ Pub of the Year for the
White Horse in Chilgrove, West Sussex.
Now he runs UK Wine Consultants, a
highly specialised advisory service to wine
producers that encompasses marketing,
branding , products and promotion.
When it comes to his own new brand,
SlimLine, he sees the possibility of
expanding it and adding even more
wines, as well as beer.
“It may mean some more sleepless
nights” he jokes, “but it’s great fun being
busy.
“Of course when you are trying to do
anything that’s new, there are always
difficulties and doubts, but you just have
to get up the next morning and find a
solution – and there always is one.
Predictably, there were people who
said that a genuinely good sugar-free
wine was not possible – but I have always
believed that you just have to ignore the
naysayers.
“And having done that, here we are now
– in partnership with a Dragon!”
“Grandpa was
actually what was
known in those days
as a tea baron, but I
guess he always had
aspirations in wine.”
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