The seasonal rush is just beginning for our Gift Solutions team, who will no doubt be pleased to see our fabulous Fine Wine six bottle gift in wood feature as a recommendation in today’s ‘The A-Z of Giving‘ Christmas Gift Guide in the Independent on Sunday (under ‘O’ for ‘oenophile’, if you’re wondering). Whilst I [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2009
£24.99 Veuve Clicquot offer ends tomorrow
Sunday 29 November 2009 – 17:46
Offer Ended 30 November 2009 Just a quick heads up – our current deal on Veuve Clicquot ends tomorrow (3pm online, or store closing time), so if you’re looking to snap up some of our most popular Champagne at just £24.99 a bottle there’s no time to waste! Other sparkling offers ending include Codorníu Selección [...]
Discovering Tuscany
Wednesday 25 November 2009 – 17:04
Our Majestic Ayr Manager, Jonathan Wilson, recently returned from his honeymoon in Tuscany and reports here on his experiences of Tuscan wine. We like to talk about having a passion for wine at Majestic, so when the time came to plan my honeymoon, I couldn’t resist incorporating some of my favourite wines into our romantic [...]
Video: Saint Clair Estate Selection Sauvignon Blanc
Monday 23 November 2009 – 12:55
Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc still reigns supreme and here’s an example of one of the best. Becky, our Majestic Putney Manager, tells you why it’s her favourite. Saint Clair Estate Selection Sauvignon Blanc 2008 Marlborough Made exclusively for Majestic by one of our favourite new wineries, this mouth-watering Sauvignon has intense aromas of passionfruit, blackcurrant leaf [...]
Is Fine Wine a match with Wild Garlic?
Wednesday 18 November 2009 – 14:34
“Well, an evening at the Wild Garlic in Beaminster, with a selection of stunning fine wines, all pooled by our Majestic staff, was too good to miss! Simon Smith, manager of Dorchester, had organised this meal, with the kind arrangement of Mat Follas, the restaurant owner, (and incidentally, the winner of MasterChef 2009). The idea [...]
Majestic Wine PLC Interim Results
Monday 16 November 2009 – 7:19
Majestic Wine PLC (“Majestic”), the UK’s largest wine warehouse chain, today announces its interim results for the 26 weeks ended 28 September 2009. Highlights Profit before tax increased by 9.0% to £6.1m (2008: £5.6m). Interim dividend maintained at 2.8p net per share. Total sales up £12.6m to £106.7m (2008: £94.1m) after inclusion of £6.0m from [...]
Jane MacQuitty’s Top 100 Winter Wines
Saturday 14 November 2009 – 12:52
Jane MacQuitty is one of the country’s most influential wine writers having written for The Times since 1982. We’re thrilled to announce that Jane has nominated 20 of Majestic’s wines to feature in her Top 100 list this winter, 3 of which are ‘Star Buys’ in their categories! This is quite a scoop and is [...]
Is this classified as ‘Work’?!
Friday 13 November 2009 – 17:17
Paul Roberts, Majestic Tunbridge Wells Manager, reports on the latest regional staff training night. To find out which Fine Wines your local store staff have recently enjoyed, contact them! Majestic employees are well-known for having good product knowledge, this is down to our enthusiasm for the product and a healthy appetite for tasting the range [...]
When Majestic Met Moueix
Monday 9 November 2009 – 15:38
Majestic staff are known for being the best trained in the business, giving our customers qualified opinions and genuine recommendations. A new staff initiative, designed to run alongside the WSET Diploma course, sees a series of seminars being held at Majestic HQ, with staff from all across the UK coming to meet the people directly responsible for [...]
Today’s Saturday Kitchen Recommendation!
Saturday 7 November 2009 – 17:22
Saturday Kitchen’s Tim Atkin has recommended one of our wines this morning – it’s worth snapping it up quickly if you liked the look of it though as this is another limited parcel wine! Château La Dournie 2007 St Chinian £7.99 Buy 2 Save £2 = £6.99* This wine has a wonderfully expressive nose ranging [...]
