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Wine Merchant Top 100 winners unveiled

This year’s run-down according to supplier
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Judges complete marathon Top 100 judging day

The winners from the biggest-ever field of entries will appear on May 18
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Swartland pioneer signs up with Hallgarten

Zwartwater, led by Stefan Johannes, makes its debut with old-vine blends
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Sherry sampling spearheads summer campaign

A Splash of Andalusia involves indies as well as multiples
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Olive oils now part of Hatch offer

Esporão and Zuccardi extra virgin olive oils are available to indies
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Gulf crisis puts new pressure on wine prices

As diesel surcharges spiral, importers face tough decisions in the coming weeks
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Wine Merchant Top 100 winners 2024

Meet the best performing wines from this year’s competition
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MERCHANT PROFILE: VIN SANTO, CHESTER

Tales from the Crypt: Simon Parkinson gives new life to an old vault
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ADVENTURES IN ARGENTINA

Exploring viticulture on the edge in the Patagonian desert
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DERVENTIO EXPANDS IN MALTON

North Yorkshire indie takes on town centre site
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JUST BUY ROSÉ ALL YEAR ROUND

Riaz Syed suggests a business plan for indies
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MERCHANT PROFILE: THEATRE OF WINE, LONDON

Welcome to Daniel Illsley’s Second Act
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IN THE PINK

Rosé, a category to be reckoned with
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NORTHABOUT

Duncan McLean loves a tall tale
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NEW LEASE OF LIFE FOR VINORAMICA

London indie celebrates expansion
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NEW DELI FOR NORWICH INDIE

Perfect timing for pizzas at HarperWells
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IRREGULAR THOUGHTS

David Perry considers the lo and no-alcohol options
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MERCHANT PROFILE: THE WEE VINOTECA, HITCHIN

Duncan Gammie is on a roll
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FINDINGS FROM THE FRONT LINE

A brief overview of our reader survey
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Download our direct import masterclass

All you ever wanted to know about bringing in your own wine
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CHRIS EXPECTS LESS TROUBLE AT MILL

Latitude Wine goes hybrid in new premises
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INDIES: FINAL CHANCE TO STOP DUTY CHAOS

WSTA urges indies to tell MPs permanent duty easement is vital
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MERCHANT PROFILE: THE SAMPLER, NORTH LONDON

Dawn Mannis explains why one is fun
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Frome Welcomes The Stores

A Frome fanfare, and a farewell
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That’s a wrap for LWF 2026! A really busy three da That’s a wrap for LWF 2026! A really busy three days on The Wine Merchant Top 100 stand and we were delighted to share our winning wines with dozens of indies as well as all the other visitors to a buzzing Olympia. Lots of rave reviews for the wines on display and you kept us on our toes as the bottles needed frequent replenishment! We also presented the certificates to our 12 trophy winners on centre stage. Great to see so many old and new friends.
Our Wine Merchant Top 100 trophy winners have been Our Wine Merchant Top 100 trophy winners have been unveiled! Come and taste them on our stand at the London Wine Fair along with all our other winners, as chosen by our panel of 40 independent merchants in a blind tasting of 1,200 wines. Congratulations to every wine that made the cut in a record year for entries!
Clap along if you’ve received your May edition of Clap along if you’ve received your May edition of The Wine Merchant! Inside this month: Wine Drops! Alsace bursaries! Yarm! Secret horses! Chess! People who stare! Wine cliche police! The smallest city in England! Gluck! Davy’s! Bittersweet symphonies! English still wines! Groovy Grüner! Portuguese picks! Twelve under 12! Mikhael Gorbachev! Digital version is free but you can donate £1000 to your favourite charity if you like.
Great work from all 40 of our independent judges t Great work from all 40 of our independent judges this week in The Wine Merchant Top 100 judging! We had a record entry this year so it was a particularly full-on day. But everyone worked hard to give every wine an opportunity to stake its claim for glory. We’ll have some very worthy winners to announce on May 18!
Let’s point at things in the April edition of The Let’s point at things in the April edition of The Wine Merchant! Print and digital formats as always. This month: diesel, chocolate, pilates, Paris, Taylor Swift, snuff, parcel rugby, tinned fish, loneliness in Huddersfield, antihistamine cocktails and the party piece that could have killed Rollo Gabb but didn’t. All this plus a psychotherapist (certified) and an agony aunt (unregulated). Go, go, go!
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.

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