Oakley Wine Agencies partnership
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Flunder Wines x Oakley Wine Agencies

Since March 2025, Luke has been the UK Brand Ambassador for Oakley Wine Agencies, building awareness for three of its Spanish and Portuguese wine producers across social media, live events and the trade.

Role
UK Brand Ambassador
Agency
Oakley Wine Agencies
Brands Represented
Casal de Ventozela, Altos do Torona & Ramos Family Reserva
Partner Since
March 2025
3
Brand Partners
400k+
Combined Social Reach
50%+
Newsletter Open Rate
120+
Online Charity Tasting Participants
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The Partnership

A specialist in Iberian wine, brought to a UK audience

Oakley Wine Agencies imports and represents producers across Spain and Portugal, sourcing wine directly from cellar door to UK warehouse and placing it on supermarket, high street and on-trade shelves. Its portfolio spans regions including Galicia's Rías Baixas, Portugal's Vinho Verde and the Alentejo.

Since March 2025, Luke has taken on the role of UK Brand Ambassador for Oakley — tasked with building awareness for a set of its winery partners among a wine-enthusiast audience through social media, live events and wider PR, reaching drinkers who might otherwise never come across the bottles.

The Role

UK Brand Ambassador

Since March 2025
Brands 3, up to 4
Regions Rías Baixas, Vinho Verde, Alentejo
Channels Instagram, TikTok, Threads, Substack
The Brands

Three Iberian producers, one UK voice

Ramos Family Reserva

Estremoz, Alentejo · Portugal

From João Portugal Ramos, the winemaker whose eponymous estate is now in its second generation, the Ramos Family Reserva has been on UK retail shelves for 30 years. Luke introduced it as the final partner in his "Portuguese wine journey," having championed the Reserva since his own Majestic days.

Alentejo Red Morrisons & Majestic London Wine Fair 2025 Focus
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Casal de Ventozela

Vale do Ave, Vinho Verde · Portugal

A family estate farming 25 hectares of vines with a sustainable, regenerative approach, and Luke's first official winery partnership, launched at Easter 2025 as part of his "Year of Portugal." A later long-form piece traced Vinho Verde's 2,000-year history to help UK readers see past its reputation as an "uncomplicated" wine.

Vinho Verde Majestic Regenerative Farming
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Altos do Torona

Rías Baixas, Galicia · Spain

A producer from O Rosal in the Rías Baixas, found after Luke's trip to Galicia in search of the right partner and introduced in "All Aboard the Albariño Train!" Famed for Albariño but home to a wider range besides, the relationship plays out day to day on Instagram, from a "Calling all Waitrose customers" poll to shelf shots of the Colección Monovarietal.

Albariño Specialist Waitrose London Wine Fair 2025 Focus
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“I am proud to play a small part in that ongoing story through my work with Casal de Ventozela and Oakley Wine Agencies.”
Luke Flunder · Flunder Wine World, January 2026
In The Wild

Beyond the feed: tastings, trade shows and events

The ambassador role isn't confined to social. Luke represented Oakley's Ramos Family Reserva and Altos do Torona brands in person at London Wine Fair, and has hosted his own online tastings pairing Oakley's producers with a wider audience — including a charity tasting that drew more than 65 screens.

Trade tastings, events and press activity continue through the year alongside the day-to-day content, giving each brand a presence on the ground as well as online.

Selected Activity
May 2025

London Wine Fair

In-person presence, with a focus on Ramos Family Reserva and Altos do Torona.

September 2025

Online Charity Tasting

65+ screens tasting wines from all three producers, hosted with Oakley's Charlotte Wallace & Graham Crawford. Profits raised for charity.

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Ongoing

Trade Tastings & Press

Further tastings, trade shows and press activity throughout the calendar year.

Become The Next Oakley Wine Agencies

The Oakley ambassador role puts three Iberian producers in front of 175,000+ Instagram followers, 210,000+ on TikTok and 26,000+ engaged newsletter subscribers. If you're a wine agency or importer looking for the same kind of ongoing visibility for your brands, let's talk.