Just a gentle reminder that if you haven’t taken advantage of such deals as £5.99 Oyster Bay Sauvignon, £26 Veuve Clicquot, £7.49 Fleurie Duboeuf, £7.49 Lindauer Special Reserve and £4.99 Pinot Grigio Rosé, now would be a very good time to do so. These offers end on Monday, and with the website updating at 3pm [...]
Author Archives: Richard Weaver
Main website unavailable
Wednesday 2 June 2010 – 9:35
Update 13:05: Our monitoring shows no further problems. Update 12:45: Some customers may be experiencing issues accessing the site, but not all. Apologies if this affects you, we’re working on it! Update 9:55: We’re back in business! 9:35: If you’ve tried to reach our main website at majestic.co.uk this morning you’ll have noticed it’s not [...]
Manager’s Choice Video: Papa Luna 2007 Calatayud
Monday 19 April 2010 – 13:04
This is a great time to explore the wines of Spain as Spanish winemakers are really diversifying. Calatayud is an up-and-coming region not far from Zaragoza in north-eastern Spain, and here Fergus de Witt, manager of our Brighton store, explains exactly why he’s so taken with the stunning Papa Luna. Papa Luna 2007, Calatayud ‘Flying [...]
10 years of majestic.co.uk
Friday 16 April 2010 – 11:05
This weekend is a rather notable one for myself and the Ecommerce team at Majestic. On Sunday 18 April it is the tenth anniversary of online ordering at Majestic. It seems remarkable to think that there was ever a time when the web wasn’t a significant part of our lives, but back in April 2000 [...]
Lay & Wheeler launch blog
Friday 26 March 2010 – 18:14
Our friends at Lay & Wheeler have launched their own blog, over at blog.laywheeler.com. They’ve already been busy posting detailed information about the upcoming Bordeaux 2009 campaign, and I’ll reproduce the highlights here over the weekend, but customers of fine wine and en primeur will want to subscribe to Lay & Wheeler’s RSS feed and/or [...]
Save the wine column: update!
Friday 26 February 2010 – 17:40
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 [...]
Kangarilla Road Parcel
Thursday 18 February 2010 – 10:01
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 [...]
Save the wine column
Monday 15 February 2010 – 11:30
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 [...]
Double success at the Drinks Retailing Awards
Wednesday 3 February 2010 – 9:15
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 [...]
New offers and Grape to Glass Spring Edition
Monday 1 February 2010 – 16:54
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). [...]
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