Originally from Glasgow, Archie arrived in St Andrews in the late 90’s, spending a lot of his spare time at university working as a bartender, mixing cocktails and discovering wines, beers and spirits. Archie has twenty-plus years of experience in the drinks industry, specialising in drinks retail as the manager of Luvians Bottleshop, voted Scotland’s Best Independent Wine & Spirits Merchant by Harpers for the last three years, and continually ranks in the UK Top 10 wine and spirits retailers. Archie has written for several drinks publications and has relished the opportunity to judge wines and spirits at various competitions, including Scottish Field and Wines of Germany.