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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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Boutinot unveils joint venture in Uco Valley

Tie-up with Bodega Urqo will see first wines launched this spring
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DRINKS UNITED LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

Resources for safeguarding guidance
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All change for Vergelegen in the UK

Seckford Agencies and Ellis Wines will share distribution
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Massaya joins Halo

‘Iconic’ winery had been with Thorman Hunt for many years
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New MD for Buckingham Schenk

Helena Martin replaces Craig Durham as boss of agency business
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AUSTRALIAN WINE EXPORTS EXCEED $2.5BN

UK exports are down but ahead of the USA
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Rioja reports smallest vintage in a generation

‘Very complicated conditions’ mean volumes are 30% down on 2023
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South Africa sees UK export decline

Despite setback, UK remains SA’s biggest market by far
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Spottswoode joins Mentzendorff

Legendary Napa producer is UK business’s sole California agency
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HOW BAD ARE SUPERMARKET WINES?

Three brave merchants blind-taste some big sellers
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IT’S TIME TO TAKE NO-LO SERIOUSLY

Reserve Wine’s Nic Rezzouk is in favour of this growing category
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THEATRE OF WINE branch to close

It’s the final curtain for the Leytonstone store
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PROFILE: ND JOHN WINES

Indie merchant is celebrating 30 years in Swansea
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Two new Spanish agencies for Liberty

Caso Castillo and Cellar del Roure join the roster
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MOUSE & GRAPE OPENS IN PINNER

Owner Jessica Summer thanks mentors for their support
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Majestic reports record Christmas sales

Multiple is jubilant, but increases are cancelled out by inflation and duty
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HOUSE OF TOWNEND’S 5TH GENERATION

Georgia Townend joins the family business
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Sales of rosé Prosecco rise 20%

Prosecco DOC consorzio says 60m bottles were sold in 2024
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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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