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Bordeaux Wine Month returns in September

Indies have until July 8 to sign up and claim £250 per store

Apply now for Rioja Camp 2026

Five-day immersive experience is aimed at experienced wine professionals

Armit boosts Burgundy selection

Family-owned Domaine Capuano-Ferreri is based in Santenay

Flint adds 11 Cape producers to portfolio

Strategic agreement with Dreyfus Ashby focuses on London on-trade

Still Davy’s after all these years

The London merchant has changed course in the past. Might it do so again?

Champagne Deutz joins MMD portfolio

Grande marque has been represented by GBUK since 2013

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Siezing the opportunity

Stars aligned for Simon Hill and Liz Coombes at Artisan Wines

Bright Ideas: Bottle Engraving

A £10 extra is adding value at Saxty’s in Hereford

Andrew Byrne calls time

Retirement beckons after more than 50 years with D Byrne & Co

South Africa round table

Our panel of indies discuss the state of play for Cape wines

A new pearl for Covent Garden

Team behind The Oystermen opens Bedford Street Wines

A wine country on the up

Let’s count the reasons for Portugal’s popularity

Albertine bids farewell, for now

Iconic London shop closes after 44 years

Classified information

What’s the best way to rank a region’s producers?

The Hackney Empire

The London borough is home to a new branch of Provisions

Free deliveries rock independents

Wine Society drops shipping charges on orders

Spain’s most dynamic region?

Navarra is fertile ground for UK independents

Cost increases take their toll

Indies warn that consumers will face rising drinks prices

Positive vibes from the Cape

South Africa’s wine industry is in ruder health than many expected

A bit of Moldova in the Midlands

Cristine and Constantin Paunoiu have a single-country focus

Bright Ideas: Blind Dates for Wine

Paola Tich gives a little love to some leftover Christmas bottles

A new indie in Newport

Sara Hobday was originally only selling wine online

A little shop with big ideas

Deborah Mcglynn-Hale opens for business near Felixstowe

Natural born retailer

Meet Tony Resta, the Italian-born owner of London’s Yield N16 and Yield N1 stores