amazing wines

incredible cheese

unbeatable company

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What is the Business Leaders Wine Club?

Welcome to the Business Leaders Wine Club. This isn’t your average networking event…. no really! Our mission is to make discovering new wines an exciting shared experience that will develop your presence in the thriving Sussex business community.

We host regular, exclusive wine tastings at a variety of venues around Brighton, and with some incredible partners and guest speakers providing some amazing icebreakers, such as the wines to taste, the cheeses to accompany, some wine industry education, or even getting hands-on and creative with wine itself.

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HAND SELECTED WINES

Our resident wine merchant Karl Elwood carefully selects a different collection of wines for each event.

SUSSEX BUSINESS LEADERS

Our guests come from many industries but have many things in common - not least, a love of good wine and good company.

Highlights from past events

PAIRED CHEESES

The cheeses & meats are selected by Great British Charcuterie Company before each event to embrace and enhance the wines.

captivating speakers

Each event we invite a speaker with a real story, from local food and wine producers to heroes of business and altruism.

Meet your Hosts

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Hi there, I’m Sandra Murphy, a business coach and mentor. My clients and I work together to bring about the real changes that will achieve those tantalising ‘big picture’ business goals.

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Hi, I’m Alex Ryan, owner of the agency Marketing 101, founder of Vermouth Actually, board member for Gaydio, Gift of the Year awards and the Giftware Association, podcaster, DJ and speaker.

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Hello, I’m Karl Elwood, founder of Elwood Wine Selections, working with modern winemakers who aren’t stuck in tradition but make the wine that is true to themselves and loved by their buyers.

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Welcome! I’m Chris Mansfield, owner of Fusion, The Business Catalyst. I’m a full time, professional and dedicated networker, spending all of my time ‘putting the right business people together.’

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I’m Mike Monk and have mentored and helped a number of small businesses to grow while running successful Business to Business Shows for the past 35 years like the Brighton & Hove Business Show held in June.

A stroke of genius!

The Business Leaders Wine Club is a fantastic event that has rekindled my dwindling interest in networking. Having wine and cheese as a shared passion amongst the guests is a stroke of genius! I had the pleasure of attending the event hosted by Ridgeview Wine Estate (bubbles galore!) and can’t wait to see what the BLWC team have in store for us in the future.

Karen Lord
Partner, Healys LLP

Bobby Lambkin-Williams

I regularly attend a handful of business networking events each month, and the Business Leaders Wine Club is one of my firm favourites. It’s unlike most other networking groups, with no pitches or sales presentations. Numbers are capped to create an intimate environment, so you can discuss and enjoy each month’s wine-based theme and get to know everyone in the room. The wines are well-curated by Karl Elwood and accompanied by some great cheeses. If you’re a business leader based in or around Brighton and enjoy good wine and good company, I’d recommend coming along to the Business Leaders Wine Club.

Bobby Lambkin-Williams
Director, Atomic Canyon Accounting

Completely and utterly enjoyable

Please join my voice to several messages you have no doubt already received about the event last night: thank you so much – it was completely and utterly enjoyable from start to finish. Excellent, in fact.

Susan Beckingham
Owner, Sussex Copywriter
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