Armit
5 Royalty Studios, 105 Lancaster Road, London W11 1QF
T: 020 7908 0600
E: sales@armit.co.uk
W: armit.co.uk
Established: 1988
Turnover: £23 million
Key personnel: Lucy Marcuson, marketing manager; Phil Weeks, head of hotel and restaurant sales; Mike Laing, head of private client sales
It's three years since John Armit Wines was rebranded
to reflect
its growth from one of the wine trade's original one-man bands to a diverse, contemporary
merchant selling to independent specialists, hotels and restaurants and private clients. Based in a former Notting Hill film studio,
Armit's list features first growth Bordeaux
and exclusive agencies for prestige Italan wines such as Sassicaia
and Tenuta dell'Ornellaia.