Antoine Delafarge, oenologist and former consultant in France and Austria, joins Alain Favereau in the buying department of the high street wine retailer Nicolas. His international experience is at the heart of his mission: directing sales on the UK market. Nicolas is experiencing an uncertain destiny across the Channel at the moment, as British consumers are “confused by the very French (and very Castel) stock in the Nicolas stores”, explains Hervé Lalau, Secretary-General of the FIJEV (International Federation of Wine and Spirits Journalists and Writers). At a time where Castel lets go of Oddbins (for many the English equivalent to Nicolas)… (to read our article on this subject,click here).