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Boutinot tops indie popularity poll

Supplier has topped Survey of Independents chart for 13 years

Winners announced for California Collection 2026

Eight merchants made their selections from wines submitted by UK importers

Oxford wine company splits in two

Retail and wholesale divisions are now separate companies

Frazier Jones takes on Wine Poole business

West Midlands family business will be absorbed on March 2

Matthew Clark and Bibendum form single entity

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

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Bellavista signs for Hallgarten

Franciacorta pioneer is fourth Italian recruit in recent months

Off to Navarra with five indies

Reporting back from a memorable buying trip in late 2024

Jancis wants a greener industry

Excerpts from a keynote speech at Sustainability in Drinks

Secret Cellar has a new owner

Heritage Wine Company is also planning to bid for other independents

Shekleton Wines, Lincolnshire

Charlotte Shek left accountancy during lockdown to start a wine business

IRREGULAR THOUGHTS

David Perry styles it up with lemon trees, stilettos and metal polish

BAKKUS IS OPENING IN LANCING

West Sussex town gets a new wine merchant

LEBANON’S CRISIS VINTAGE

The missiles rain down, but the harvest comes in

Jeroboams: the £35m indie

The London merchant approaches its 40th anniversary in buoyant mood

Why go to trade tastings?

Indies gave autumn events a miss. Maybe 2025 will be different

PHOEBE’S AMAZING LUNCHES

Broken equipment? Who you gonna call?

HOWELL & MARSDEN OPENS IN ASHBOURNE

Henfox plans for more sites

PROFILE: SATCHELLS WINES

Max Graham-Wood talks claret, and marketing 1990s style

FOCUS: SOUTH AFRICA

David Williams has the macro-economic, 365th birthday blues

THE BLUE COATS ARE COMING

Damn Yankee has set up shop in London

JUST ADD ACID

Acidification of wine is more common than some think. Why don’t we talk about it?

BONAFIDE WINES, CHRISTCHURCH

Success is a marathon, not a sprint, for Graham Northeast

IRREGULAR THOUGHTS

Why David Perry’s garden is strictly out of bounds