Three new members were welcomed into the Gran Orden de Caballeros de Vino at the 40th Caballeros Investiture Dinner on the 12th June 2025 at London’s Landmark Hotel, led by Acting Chancellor, Pablo Conde and Chairman, Sarah Jane Evans MW.
The three new members, elected by secret ballot, include Ben Henshaw and Hugo Campbell, who represent excellence in the importation and sale of Spanish wine in the UK, and César Saldaña, President of the Consejo Regulador de las Denominaciones de Origen Jerez-Xérès-Sherry y Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Ben Henshaw
Ben entered the wine trade when his parents unexpectedly moved to become vignerons in the Languedoc. Recognising an opportunity, he began importing his family’s wines and a selection from small French producers. But soon after, he turned his attention to Spain, and specifically the country’s emerging artisanal wine scene.
He built an importing business, Indigo Wines, that, by 2009, had developed such a strong and diverse range of Spanish wines that it won the International Wine Challenge Spain Specialist Importer award. It’s a title the company has claimed 12 times since. The company is well known for showcasing the diversity and quality of modern Spanish wine in the UK through both its range and events such as Viñateros, a tasting which it organised over several years.
In 2020, Ben also helped set up online retailer The Sourcing Table, selling a range of distinctive wines direct to consumers.
César Saldaña
Born in Jerez de la Frontera, César Saldaña has been at the heart of the sherry business for his entire career after studying Economics and Business Administration. For more than 15 years he held senior posts at González Byass and at Sandeman, before becoming Director of the Consejo Regulador de las Denominaciones de Origen Jerez-Xérès-Sherry y Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda in 2000. Twenty years later, he was promoted to the role of President.
He is the author of a number of publications, most notably El Libro de los Vinos de Jerez, which has already been through three editions, including one in English.
Hugo Campbell
Having grown up in the Dominican Republic and Peru, Hugo Campbell joined the wine trade in 1981, but it was not until 1987 that he chanced upon an opportunity to keep up his Spanish, when he began working with Ehrmanns. A leading importer of Spanish wines into the UK, at the time it acted as agent for Muga, Félix Solís, Viñas del Vero, Sánchez Romate, Williams & Humbert and Juvé y Camps.
In the early 1990s, his international experience enabled him to coordinate winemaking projects across more than 15 countries. He also worked on major Spanish winemaking projects for retailers’ own label brands. A director since 2009, he still sources and sells wine at Ehrmanns, and Spain remains a key interest for him, with Ehrmanns now working with Rioja winery Montecillo, Txakoli producer Bodega Astobiza and Bodegas Bohórquez in DO Ribera del Duero, among others.
In welcoming the guests, Chairman of the Gran Orden Sarah Jane Evans MW, offered her congratulations to all three new Caballeros, commenting, “We look forward to working with you, as you continue to champion Spanish wine around the world.”