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About 9Vines

who we are

A neighbourhood wine bar & wine shop firmly rooted in Hove & the Hove Park community

Tina, Owner of 9 Vines

In 2023 I left corporate life for good, and went to work for a fine wine company in Brighton. In 2024, Marc told me he was thinking of selling 9 Vines, and asked if I’d be interested in taking it on, and in October 2024 my dream became a reality!

  • To win a place in my heart forever, buy me a bottle of: Côte-Rôtie from the Côtes du Rhône

  • My favourite thing about 9 Vines: Our fantastic customers, especially their dogs!

  • My top recommendation from our shelves and why: XXX – tbc

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Mat
I have worked for twenty years in hospitality in many different shapes and forms. It was whilst working in the Belgian Beer trade that I happened upon a wine shop/bar called Cafe Cuvée in Bruges and had a bottle or two of some rather wonderful wines by Francois St Lo which opened up my world to wine. Shortly after that I moved to Brighton to work at 9 Vines and it has been a wonderful journey of discovery.
  • To win a place in my heart forever, buy me a bottle of: Old, old Riesling

  • My favourite thing about 9 Vines: The wine selection

  • My top recommendation from our shelves and why: Meroi Zitelle Malvasia. Bone dry Malvasia: White burgundy-esque without the bells and whistles. Just a stunning and classy glass of wine.

Tina, Owner of 9Vines

I stumbled into the world of wine relatively late in life. I was always one of those people who enjoyed drinking it but would say ‘I know nothing about wine’. That was until we moved to London from Switzerland in 2013 and discovered an amazing wine shop and wine bar in Acton owned by a couple who would become great friends, Paola Tich and Mike Taylor. Not only was Paola determined to uncover great value, delicious wines, but her passion for introducing customers like me to what I considered ‘new things’ was an inspiration. As I started to experience and understand new aromas and flavours, I was fascinated by the subtle differences that could be made by a vine being planted on a slightly sunnier slope, or by a winemaker’s choice of ageing their wine in old French barrels vs. new American oak ones. The possibilities were endless and mind blowing.

Before their wine adventures, Paola and Mike had ‘proper jobs’, as I did at the time. For over 20 years I’d been a corporate investigator, including for Diageo and the International Federation of Spirits Producers, then I worked for a small company which created training for customers like Google. But I wanted to leave corporate life, so I started studying for my WSET wine exams, with a plan to eventually work in wine and maybe even own a wine bar & shop of my own.

In 2023 I left corporate life for good, and went to work for a fine wine company in Brighton. In 2024, Marc told me he was thinking of selling 9 Vines, and asked if I’d be interested in taking it on, and in October 2024 my dream became a reality!