With 21st century Spanish winemaking on the move from its traditional Rioja heartlands, Majestic Buyer Matt Pym introduces a top new name to look out for. Think of Spanish wines and your mind most likely turns to Rioja: Reservas and Gran Reservas with many years’ barrel and bottle ageing; classic names and labels, maybe all [...]
Yearly Archives: 2012
Majestic on the go!
Friday 11 May 2012 – 13:22
Visit majestic.co.uk on your mobile to experience our brand new mobile site! It has all the fantastic features of the full site, our entire range of award winning wines and improved store finding functionality for when you’re out and about. AND you’ll still get FREE delivery from your friendly local store. Easy!
National Ad Campaign
Tuesday 8 May 2012 – 11:39
This weekend we started our first ever national ad campaign! In the run up to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee we are broadcasting two adverts nationwide that explain what Majestic is all about to people who may not have been to one of our stores before. We all know that wine can be a bit baffling and [...]
Three Wine Men: Manchester
Wednesday 2 May 2012 – 15:32
Enjoy a fun-packed day of wine at the Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester, in the company of the Three Wine Men: Olly Smith, Oz Clarke & Tim Atkin MW. We have a Majestic stand at the Three Wine Men tasting and so we can offer all you Majestic people a discount voucher! Here’s what [...]
Wine & Food Matching
Monday 30 April 2012 – 15:18
Here at Majestic, we don’t need too many excuses to enjoy a glass or two of something great with friends. But in this summer of celebrations, we’re well and truly spoilt for choice! With the eyes of the world turning to the British Isles this season, it’s up to us all to show them how [...]
What’s your style?
Thursday 26 April 2012 – 12:22
It seems you can’t go anywhere without seeing the hashtag #. From twitter it has spread to cross-posting on Facebook and other social networks such as Instagram, Foursquare and Pinterest (we’re on all of these channels by the way) as well as appearing at the beginning of TV shows and even the News: #millionpounddrop, #bbcapprentice, [...]
New! Summer Grape to Glass
Monday 23 April 2012 – 15:48
Summer has arrived for majestic.co.uk and there are lots of new wines to try out. Each week on the Majestic Blog this summer we are featuring an article from our brand new Grape to Glass magazine: from food matches to fizz to handy party services, it’s all you need to keep the celebrations going right [...]
Voice Behind the Vine: Diego Pinilla-Navarro
Thursday 19 April 2012 – 16:43
We speak to head winemaker Diego from Vina Pomal about his wine and what makes him tick… 1. Vina Pomal wines are 100% Tempranillo and the grapes come from your own vineyards around the winery in Rioja Alta. What difference does this make to the style of wine compared to other Riojas? That is main [...]
Sticky Chinese pork recipe
Tuesday 17 April 2012 – 9:34
Every Tuesday on the Majestic blog we have featured a recipe from the delicious. magazine website matched up with the perfect wine pairings for spring, it’s Bottoms up Tuesday! This is the final week of the spring feature, but watch out for more recipes from delicious in the summer. For our final wine a recipe [...]
