The last two years have kept 67 Pall Mall’s founder and CEO Grant Ashton busier than expected. As the pandemic lulled business in London and delayed the Singapore club opening, Ashton found time to fine-tune the nuts and bolts of the Singapore outpost, deliver online wine tastings to his 4,000 strong London members, and make strides towards international expansion.
He recently opened a new branch in the ski town of Verbier, Switzerland and set plans in a few other cities – Burgundy, Bordeaux, Mumbai, New York, Berlin – in motion. Melbourne, Shanghai, and Tokyo are next on the expansion plans. In the little time he had to spare, he launched a dedicated wine TV channel. As he says, it’s not been a cheap year, but “it’s not been a disaster.”
THE FIRST OUTPOST, DELAYED
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