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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.

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.

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