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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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Books and wine on the same page

The similarities between indie book sellers and wine merchants
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Judges confirmed for Wine Merchant Top 100

Meet the indies putting this year’s entries through their paces
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Taste Spain – Wines from Spain Tasting

Register for the London event on Feb 28 or Leeds on March 13
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Q&A with Cliff Roberson

The Roberson and London Cru frontman has few regrets
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Keeping the on-trade on course

Provisions has launched a one-day education programme
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Merchant Profile: Dorset Wine Co

Hard graft is paying off for Jonathan Charles in Poundbury
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Corks Out looks for new sites

Both branches have been refurbed – more may follow
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Indies on the hunt for wines below £15

Squeeze on spending means value is more important than ever
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Talking points for Aussie wines

David Williams takes stock of developments Down Under
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Margate indie will open in stages

Sète is the brainchild of Natalia Ribbe and Jackson Berg
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Courier ‘treats all parcels as fragile’

London-based Packfleet is expanding to other cities
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Chablis faces up to climate change

Chardonnay rules the roost, but for how much longer?
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Recycling scheme lacks clarity

Scots indies fear that DRS scheme is widely misunderstood
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Five talking points from Cape Wine

New superstars, amazing Chenin: but prices need to rise
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The Reserve Wines rebrand

This month’s Bright Ideas winner is a Manchester icon
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Indies gear up for Christmas

How are merchants preparing for the festive boom?
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Dulwich is latest to welcome Drop

Fifth site opens for franchised wine merchant
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400 years of catching up to do

Black ownership in the Cape is happening, but challenges remain
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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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