The Master

Terry Barr

Terry is proudly from Suffolk, a county of which he is extremely fond of. His Prep school was Salter’s Hall in Sudbury from where he was lucky enough to gain a place at Colchester Royal Grammar School. On leaving however the academic world did not beckon, but travel did and along with many sports this took up most of his time.

At the age of 26 he was fortunate to find the Wine Trade, and joined Seagram’s just when they really started getting into Champagne and first looked after Perrier Jouet and then G H Mumm. He later went on to work directly or indirectly for Lanson, Charles Heidsieck, Henriot and a large number of own label and non proprietary brands becoming Sales Director of Lawlers Ltd in 1985. He also became involved in shipping Australian and other ‘New World’ wines at a very early stage in their UK development. In 2000 he joined Morrison Bowmore Distillers and spent 7 happy years involved with the Scotch Whisky Industry.

Terry is currently still involved in the trades through his own consultancy.