About me: a wine‑trained digital marketer

From Cognac to the Sussex coast

I grew up in France, between Cognac and the Basque Country, where wine was part of ordinary life long before it was work.

Then I moved to California and stayed eleven years. I came into digital marketing in 2015, studied it, worked in it, and set up my own consultancy working directly with wineries and with the companies that supply them. I helped out at harvest when I could. Southern California is where I learned how direct-to-consumer sales really work: wine clubs, allocation lists, tasting room visits and email programmes that keep people ordering.

In 2021 I moved from California to Eastbourne, on the south coast of England. I kept working with Californian wineries and added producers in France and England, so the work now runs across three markets and two languages.

I then trained as a winemaker, a two-year BTS at the École supérieure des agricultures in Angers, and in 2024 I was the winemaker at Tickerage Wine in Sussex, alongside its marketing. That is why I know the pressure of a picking date and why a release matters.

Franc Wine was previously Newtimer Marketing. Same person, same clients, and a name that finally says what I do.

What that means for you

• You talk to someone who speaks both wine and marketing, so briefings take minutes
• I work in English and French, for the UK, France and the US
• Every piece of work is done by me, directly, from strategy to the last line of code
• I use AI tools to move quickly on research, builds and reporting, and I check everything myself

Wineries and suppliers I've worked with

Wineries: Jeff Runquist Wines, Lumen Wines, Nuclear Wine Co., Samsara Wine Co., J. Cage Cellars, Domaine du Changeon, and Tickerage Wine, where I was winemaker as well as marketer in 2024. Suppliers: Golden State Box Factory, Fortera, and Wanderlust Wine, where I ran direct-to-consumer marketing in house.

Quick facts

Away from the screen

I no longer make wine, but I keep learning about it and I buy from small producers whenever I can.

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