People assume that because my husband Chris imports French wine for a living, selling it must be easy.


It’s not.


Most of the time, Vintrepid feels like this incredible little secret we’re trying to explain to the world with approximately zero marketing budget and two exhausted parents.


Chris handles the wine side — producers, imports, tastings, allocations. I work in the corporate world and “help out” with Vintrepid in my spare time, which somehow turned into learning how to build pages, write content and desperately trying to learn how to advertise a wine business.


Somewhere along the way, I accidentally became the unpaid marketing department.


The funny thing is, I genuinely know how good Vintrepid is. The wines are incredible — small French producers, imported directly, wines most people here would never normally get access to.
But knowing something is good and knowing how to market it are very different skills.


Working full time, I also know how hard it is to find genuinely good corporate gifts, client gifts or leaving presents that don’t feel generic. Everyone sends the same hampers, gift cards or last-minute bottle shop wine.


That’s why I think Vintrepid works so well for corporate gifting and thank you gifts. It feels thoughtful without trying too hard.

  • Our wine subscriptions have become perfect for:
  • Corporate gifts
  • Client thank you gifts
  • Employee leaving gifts
  • Executive gifts
  • Christmas gifting
  • People who are impossible to buy for


I have sent out two packs recently from myself - to colleagues following a restructure. So I know how good a gift it is!

The hardest part for small businesses is there’s no big marketing team behind it all. Usually it’s just me trying to explain via slightly chaotic Instagram stories why this wine club is actually worth joining.

If you look at our insta page today you will see that I haven't managed a post in 1 month!

But every order still feels personal to us because it is personal. When we get one we text each other to celebrate! And honestly, that’s probably what makes Vintrepid different in the first place.

Jess (Chris's wife and unappreciated website admin

p.s. I can't work out how to change the official author on the page 🤣

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