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Boutinot tops indie popularity poll

Supplier has topped Survey of Independents chart for 13 years
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Winners announced for California Collection 2026

Eight merchants made their selections from wines submitted by UK importers
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Oxford wine company splits in two

Retail and wholesale divisions are now separate companies
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Frazier Jones takes on Wine Poole business

West Midlands family business will be absorbed on March 2
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Matthew Clark and Bibendum form single entity

Owner C&C says move will remove “unnecessary duplication and barriers”
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Grays & Feather spreads its wings

Two new sites are opening in London
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The Long Run with Cat Brandwood

Spending quality screen time with 20 customers every Wednesday
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Provence still sets the standard

The region’s versatile rosés shine in every drinking occasion
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Profile: Liquorice Wine & Deli

The Essex indie invested in its food offer to maintain its Covid boom
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Indies forced to break bad news on duty

Even some trade customers were unaware of tax hike adding at least 44p a bottle
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Feral Pig enters boutique hotel

Wine shop opens on the premises of Llys Meddyg in Pembrokeshire
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Wine costs as much as an energy bill

Wine Merchant editor Graham Holter does the arithmetic
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Trade helps revive cult London store

Former P Franco manager Will Gee hits crowd funding target
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Merchant profile: Chesters

The Abergavenny indie is all anout good wine, vinyl and a big dog
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No such thing as everyday wine

It’s a term we should probably avoid using, argues David Williams
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Q&A: Diana Thompson

The Wine Events Scotland founder on Sting, dressage and Oz Clarke
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Merchant profile: Iron & Rose

Robin Nugent’s wines share his ethical approach to life
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Is wine inflation coming down?

Shipping costs and FX pressures are finally easing
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Wolf Wine to rise from the ashes

Bath premises was destroyed by fire in April
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David Perry: plastic isn’t my bag

We switched to paper carriers when plastic got embarrassing
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WM Top 100: Highly Commended wines

Wines from China and Armenia are among the “best of the rest”
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Our Top 100 winners for 2023

Winning wines emerged from a field of more than 1,000 entries
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WM Top 100: Trophy winners 2023

Meet the category champions from this year’s competition
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The results of our Survey of Independents are in a The results of our Survey of Independents are in and the first half of this year’s analysis appears in our March edition. The second half appears in April. But! If you don’t want to wait until then, AND you’d like the full set of results in a single PDF document, AND you’d like to see the back-end spreadsheets from which the analysis is created: you’re in luck. Download the entire thing from our website now for just £50 including VAT.
The Wine Merchant California Collection is out! E The Wine Merchant California Collection is out!

Every year we invite UK importers to send us their best California wines, and our group of eight indies tastes them all and selects their favourite 50. You can read all about this year’s selections in our supplement - the print version is landing now and the digital edition is available via our website.
It’s time to enter the only wine competition where It’s time to enter the only wine competition where all the wines are indie exclusives … and all the judges are indie merchants. 
All the details you need are at winemerchanttop100.com and you can email claire@winemerchantmag.com for your entry form. Good luck!
Good wines and a good indie turnout as always toda Good wines and a good indie turnout as always today at the Fells annual portfolio tasting in London. The IET is such a great venue with natural light, fresh air and a river view.
Our February edition is out now. All the updates y Our February edition is out now. All the updates you need from the independent wine trade, and a few you don’t but we’ve included anyway. In this issue: Taurus Wines; the suppliers not passing on duty increases; what happened to The Wine Treasury; a Greek wine masterclass; a pét nat panel tasting; a focus on New Zealand wines; Matt Walls; the wines indies would consign to Room 101; tasting dates for your diary; a horrible quiz; a stupid cartoon … come on, you know how it works by now. Subscribe for £85 or read it online for free at www.winemerchantmag.com.
We're up to 197 entries in this year's Wine Mercha We're up to 197 entries in this year's Wine Merchant Survey of Independents! You have until Sunday night (Feb 1) to take part. Possibly Monday morning too if you're very lucky.

Every year brokenhearted indies fling themselves at us, sobbing, saying they can't believe they missed the deadline. Don't be one of those people this February.

You know what to do: the link you need is on our website and very likely in your email inbox. Go go go!

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