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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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Minister hails resilience of South African winemakers

Cape Wine opens with upbeat message amid challenging headwinds
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IRREGULAR THOUGHTS

David Perry decides against local deliveries
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BAILEY’S OPENS IN CREWE

Two more sites are planned
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SIMON ADOPTS STRAY CAT

Cat Brandwood is gainfully employed
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HALLGARTEN & NOVUM IN HIGH SPIRITS

Frapin joins Hallgarten portfolio
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SOUTH AMERICA: THE ROAD AHEAD

A spotlight on Argentina, Chile & Uruguay
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BARKS JOINS SHEFFIELD WINE SCENE

Hybrid model encourages bottle sales
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NEXT STOP, SOUTH MANCHESTER

Kate Goodman continues to spot opportunities
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MARGATE INDIE BRANCHES OUT IN FOLKESTONE

Historic pub gets a new lease of life as Pomus moves in
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SH JONES MERGES WITH FRAZIER’S

Merger of regional rivals creates new £5m business
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EAST SUSSEX TOWN WELCOMES NEW INDIE

Zoey Walters has named the shop after her grandmother, Maggie.
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ROB HOULT CONSIDERS HIS FADING SUPERPOWER

Who knows what Rob’s nose knows?
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Indies choose their favourite Roussillon wines

Our digital supplement features a great snapshot of an exciting region
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The Wine Merchant Top 100 winners for 2025

Around 1,000 wines were tasted – these are the ones our indies chose
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MERCHANT PROFILE: MUSEUM WINES

The merchant in deepest Dorset where South African wines are a star attraction
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LEEDS CITY CENTRE WELCOMES RINSE

Gemma and Elis focus on natural wine
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Boost your Alsace sales with a £300 bursary

Alsace Wines is offering cash to 10 independent merchants
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Cambridge Wine boss joins WSTA board

Hal Wilson will serve a three-year term
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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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