Author Archives: Richard Weaver

I am Ecommerce Director for Majestic, so I am responsible for our website and online marketing activities. I’ve been with the company for 11 years now, working in several of our stores in London before moving to head office in 2000.

I drink wines from all over the world but if I had to pick I’d say my favourites are the reds of Spain, the south of France, the Rhône and Bordeaux. I’m also pretty partial to a drop of (preferably very fine) vintage Champagne!

Save the wine column: update!

Further to the post last week reporting the web reaction to Tim Atkin’s column being cut by The Observer, it seems to have borne fruit. The Times have a new food and drink supplement on Thursdays, and Tim has been signed up to write for it:
I’m delighted to announce that I will be joining The [...]

Kangarilla Road Parcel

A quick heads up that we’ve just launched a web exclusive parcel of wines from one of our favourite Australian producers, Kangarilla Road.
Kangarilla Road is a brilliant winery in McLaren Vale. You may be familiar with the Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz that we have stocked for many years, but winemaker Kevin O’Brien is not [...]

Save the wine column

Sunday broadsheet The Observer is cutting back on its coverage of wine, with wine trade publication Harpers reporting that yesterday’s column was the last full-length piece from Tim Atkin MW.
Tim has written for The Observer since 1993, and although he will continue to write for the paper’s Food Monthly supplement, the decision has caused waves [...]

Double success at the Drinks Retailing Awards

The annual Drinks Retailing Awards are organised by trade publication Off Licence News, and at last night’s ceremony we continued our history of performing well by bagging a brace of awards.
As well as being named High Street Chain of the Year, we were delighted to pick up the Innovation of the Year award for The [...]

New offers and Grape to Glass Spring Edition

We have just updated our website with a raft of new promotions for February, including 25% off South African wine, 20% off Portuguese wine, deals on virtually all our Argentinian and Spanish ranges, and of course unbeatable offers on Majestic favourites Champagne and New Zealand (including the brilliant new Fairhall Cliffs Sauvignon for just £4.99). [...]

Merry Christmas from Majestic

Just a quick note on behalf of everyone at Majestic to wish all our customers a very merry Christmas!
Majestic stores are open until 5pm today (Christmas Eve) and re-open on Monday 28 December. The store locator on our website has contact details and opening hours if you need them.

My Christmas Wines

There are only a few days left before we’ll have to bring the curtain down on another Christmas shopping season online, and with the tree glowing in the corner of the room, a roasted bird freshly demolished and, er, some rubbish TV on, I feel positively festive. So I thought I’d set down for all [...]

Fine Wine six bottle gift in wood

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 was [...]

£24.99 Veuve Clicquot offer ends tomorrow

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 Raventós Cava for just £5.99, Lindauer [...]

Grape to Glass Winter Edition Available

We’ve just released the new Winter Edition of our seasonal wine guide, Grape to Glass. Most of the content is available online, or if you’re on a fast connection then there’s a PDF download (6mb).
This heralds the arrival of our winter promotion which kicks off in-store tomorrow morning, but which has just gone live online [...]