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Frazier Jones takes on Wine Poole business

West Midlands family business will be absorbed on March 2

Five indies shortlisted in Drinks Buyers Awards

Winner will be unveiled at London Wine Fair in May

Chablis giant joins the Hallgarten portfolio

Domaine William Fèvre makes the switch from Fells

The Wine Treasury sunk by on-trade turmoil

Popular California wine specialist had debts of over £1m when the plug was pulled

Matthew Clark and Bibendum form single entity

Owner C&C says move will remove “unnecessary duplication and barriers”

Jeroboams launches new services for fine wine clients

Exchange and Cellar Plan help customers build collections and trade wine

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Ambitious indies open more shops

Oeno, Planet of the Grapes, Vagabond and Bottle Apostle have all been busy

News flash: independent trade rises by almost 5%

The independent trade grew by 4.8% in 2014 and is now worth more than £500m…

Independents bloom in garden centres

Reserve Wines is the latest indie to bed in beside the bedding plants

Wanted: women. Any age. Must love wine

Independent wine shops still have a bit of a problem with women. It’s a fact…

Independents are just too good

At least two companies want to build retail empires that tap into a wine market…

Survey provides a glimpse of the future

Independents are taking an increasingly open-minded approach to their shops and broadening their specialism beyond…

Independents buoyed by 7% sales increase

Independent wine shops have seen their combined turnover go up by 7% over the past…

Stop trying to be cool

New world producers are obsessed with European elegance. But why?

What we did on our holidays

Reporting on The Wine Merchant’s trip to the Centre-Loire

Wine’s weird. Deal with it

Let’s celebrate the unique effect that wine has on us, and have fun expressing it

Broaden the offer, but stay special

Independent wine shops have defied the Nielsen pessimism about their category

Not oaky-dokey

Too many winemakers evidently prefer trees to vines, argues Doug Wregg

The great class elevator

Independents pride themselves on having a knowledgeable clientele. But who educates these customers?

Fizzy logic

A decline in Champagne’s fortunes has been greeted with some churlish sneering. But the Champenois…

Living with Majestic

What happens when the UK’s biggest specialist wine chain opens on your doorstep?

James Busby

Fear and loathing in east London

The British wine trade seems to have lost some of its taste for travel