# Charles Taverner: Champagnes & Chateaux UK's new MD on building sales of fine fizz and Bordeaux in GB Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drinks-business-podcast-6750908/charles-taverner-champagnes-chateaux-uk-s-new-md-on-building-sales-of-fine-fizz-and-bordeaux-in-gb Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drinks-business-podcast-6750908/charles-taverner-champagnes-chateaux-uk-s-new-md-on-building-sales-of-fine-fizz-and-bordeaux-in-gb.md Podcast: [The Drinks Business Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drinks-business-podcast-6750908) Published: 2026-01-26T11:04:53+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/thedrinksbusiness/episodes/charles-taverner-champagnes-chateaux-uks-new-md-on-building Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65969bb3e8a8fd0018f597d6/e/69774a556c5100c2bb69324e/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-drinks-business-podcast-6750908/episodes/charles-taverner-champagnes-chateaux-uk-s-new-md-on-building-sales-of-fine-fizz-and-bordeaux-in-gb Duration seconds: 2425 ## Resource Following his appointment as MD at Champagnes & Chateaux UK in September last year, Charles Taverner tells Patrick Schmitt MW how he intends to raise awareness and ramp up distribution for Bordeaux and Champagne Canard-Dûchene in GB's competitive market for fine wine and fizz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-drinks-business-podcast-6750908/episodes/charles-taverner-champagnes-chateaux-uk-s-new-md-on-building-sales-of-fine-fizz-and-bordeaux-in-gb/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drinks-business-podcast-6750908/charles-taverner-champagnes-chateaux-uk-s-new-md-on-building-sales-of-fine-fizz-and-bordeaux-in-gb.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.