In the latest round of our Golden Grape Awards we asked our staff to choose their favourite Party Wine from the entire Majestic range. After a week of nominations we whittled this down to a shortlist of 6 wines and these were then voted on to determine the overall winner of the Golden Grape Award. [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Offers ending today (updated)
Monday 27 September 2010 – 9:24
Updates: the offers in this post have now ended online, you can still call orders through to stores up until closing time tonight. Just a quick heads up that a few of our current offers will end online at 3pm today (and in store at the end of the day): Vergelegen Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon [...]
Wine & Beer World – the Movie!
Thursday 23 September 2010 – 13:59
Many Majestic customers have discovered the benefits of shopping at our Wine & Beer World stores in Calais, Coquelles or Cherbourg, but if you’ve not enjoyed a trip across the channel to stock up on Majestic wines there’s never been a better time. For the 300+ wines that we sell in both the UK and [...]
Vote Now for your favourite Majestic Party Wine!
Wednesday 15 September 2010 – 17:07
For those who have been following our Golden Grape Awards, you will be familiar with our staff voting for their favourite wines to drink at a variety of occasions. This time round, we asked them to select their favourite Party Wine from the entire Majestic selection…. Nominations began in earnest and we now have a [...]
Saturday Kitchen Recommends Torres Floralis Moscatel Oro
Monday 13 September 2010 – 17:32
Saturday Kitchen’s Peter Richards recommended one of our wines on Saturday 11th: Torres Floralis Moscatel Oro was paired with the Hell dish of Fig and Frangipane Tart with Fig and Vanilla Cream. This wine is a brand New Arrival to our Spanish range – which has 25% off this autumn! Torres Floralis Moscatel Oro £9.32 [...]
Majestic Success at the International Wine Challenge
Friday 10 September 2010 – 10:19
The International Wine Challenge Awards 2010 were held earlier this week at the Park Lane Hilton: Wow – what a night! We’re incredibly proud to announce that Majestic was awarded ‘Merchant of the Year’, the highest accolade amongst UK wine retailers. We also scooped the award for ‘High Street Chain of the Year’ for the sixth [...]
The Wine Gang Reviews Majestic’s Fine Wine
Tuesday 7 September 2010 – 10:03
We were really pleased that The Wine Gang took some time to come and sample a selection of wines at our Fine Wine Centre in St John’s Wood recently. Here’s what they had to say about the tasting and the wines they tasted: “The quality of the wines in this tasting was very impressive. This [...]
Double Success for Majestic at the Decanter Awards!
Thursday 2 September 2010 – 17:53
We were delighted to walk away with 2 trophies from last night’s Decanter Awards: The overall ‘Wine Merchant of the Year’ and the Decanter Readers Award for ‘Best Large Merchant’. This is the third year running that we have won both of these awards which we have to admit we’re very proud of! The judges had [...]
Of Neds, Nobles and New Zealand
Thursday 2 September 2010 – 12:11
Ned, as you’re probably aware, is a diminutive form of the name Edward. If, like me, you’ve often lain awake at night wondering how and why the letter ‘N’ came to be placed before the seemingly adequate ‘Ed’, you may be interested to hear this (fairly) plausible theory. In days of yore, before surnames were [...]
