First the headline numbers. The three-day London Wine Fair attracted over 10,000 visitors for the first time in years, and 13% more exhibition space. Hannah Tovey, who has run the event since 2017, finally headed a management buy-out last October and wrested the business from Brintex, the company that, though underinvestment and a lack of any kind of vision, had overseen its steady decline from the glory days of the 1990s and the beginning of this century.






