One of the things we love to do at Majestic is give everybody a personal experience, whatever their wine need. The Staff recommended wines on the Majestic website bring a little bit of that personal in-store experience online with the Majestic managers tasting videos. Whether it’s Hansi eulogising about Champagne or Nicola bringing Malbec to [...]
Author Archives: William James
Fudgy chocolate brownie cake
Monday 6 February 2012 – 16:56
Staying in or going out for Valentine’s day, champagne and chocolate are on the agenda. Can you match the two? Yes you can! The second Grape to Glass recipe match from the delicious. magazine food team is fudgy chocolate brownie cake, paired up with Lionel’s ‘Foodie French Fizz’. Not just for Valentine’s, it’s the perfect chocolate indulgence, [...]
New Store! Majestic Wine Broadstairs
Friday 3 February 2012 – 16:01
A big Hello to the new Majestic Broadstairs team: Tom, Christina and Silvia. Here they are cutting the red ribbon with the Mayor on their grand opening morning today. Despite the February cold chill the team are all looking forward to an exciting wine filled Spring. Tell me about Broadstairs… Broadstairs is right on the [...]
The Majestic iPhone App
Thursday 2 February 2012 – 11:40
Today we officially launch the Majestic Wine Academy, an iPhone app that tests your knowledge of wine. Prove how much you know about wine with our in-depth quiz and see if you can get to the top of our leaderboard. Just remember: the harder the setting, the more points you’ll receive. You’ll get additional points [...]
Sticky chicken with harissa and green couscous
Monday 30 January 2012 – 17:30
Welcome to a brand new feature on the Majestic blog: the Grape to Glass Recipe Match. Every Tuesday in spring we are featuring recipes from delicious. magazine’s bottoms-up Tuesday. Paired up with the best food and wine matches from our Grape to Glass magazine, the recipes are perfect for Spring with the best wine matches. First up is [...]
New Spring Grape to Glass
Monday 30 January 2012 – 17:21
Our Spring promotions have arrived along with a new wine & food matching edition of Grape to Glass. January has passed in a flash and the beginning of February marks a seasonal change at Majestic and we now can’t wait to show all that is on offer this spring. Amongst the top offers are 20% [...]
Groovy Grüner
Friday 27 January 2012 – 9:44
Grüner Veltliner, or ‘Groovy Grüner’ as they are calling it down in New Zealand, is the latest big thing to come out of New Zealand and it’s causing quite a stir. So what makes Grüner… well, groovy? I spoke to Saint Clair winemaker Matt Thomson who was in London this week for a Majestic tasting [...]
A Majestic 2011
Thursday 12 January 2012 – 16:22
A quick look back at Majestic in 2011… Will, Online Community Advocate January is naturally a quieter month for the wine business after Christmas and New Year, but the Ravenswood parcel proved a success to staff and customers alike topping up their wine racks after the winter snow relented. Throughout the year other wine parcels [...]
Happy Wine New Year
Monday 9 January 2012 – 14:18
Hello and welcome back to a new wine year on the Majestic Blog: Grape to Glass! What would you like to see this year to make the Majestic Blog even better in 2012? Polls, Reviews, Critique, Video, Photo, Food & Wine, Guest blogs… Add your choice in the comments below. Christmas and New Year are [...]
Christmas Food & Wine Matching Tool
Tuesday 20 December 2011 – 14:44
Whether you’re the last minute Christmas Eve shopper or the militarily organised type at Christmas, this Majestic Food & Wine matching tool will save you some time from when you whiz round your local Majestic’s aisles or ‘click click’ on the website to serving the wine on the big day…
