Viavino is a small company founded and run by me, Hugo Read AIWS.  I've been on several extended and extensive tours around Italy, making contacts with wine producers from all over the Country.  I've also been going to France on buying trips for more years than I care to remember!

Our aim is to sell quality and interesting wines at decent prices to people who are looking for an alternative to the usual supermarket 'international style' wines that dominate the UK market.

I also specialise in Wine Education and writing; running wine courses and maintaining a wine blog at www.hugoread.com.  There are courses currently running that you can sign up to or you can tailor a course to suit your own needs. See the link to Wine Courses on the left for more details.