Category Archives: Majestic News

The latest news on what’s happening at your favourite wine merchant, including new store openings, tastings and events, plus information on Majestic’s business.

Food & White Wine Matching

Saturday 3rd December: Back to Basics On the third day of…. the Alternative Majestic 12 Days of Christmas…. What food do white wines compliment best? Hannah from Majestic Macclesfield pairs them up.

New Wine Video Series: Back to Basics

No.1 Swirl and Sniff This December we’re really excited to launch a new series of wine videos: Back to Basics! Starting from Thursday 1st December we’re releasing a new video daily. So keep your eyes peeled for an alternative ‘Majestic 12 days of Christmas’ on the Majestic Wine Facebook, Twitter and Blog. We all love [...]

New Store! Majestic Wine Wirral

Majestic Wine store No. 176 is now open on the Wirral A big Hello to the new Majestic Wirral team: Paul, Rachel and Ashley. Here they are cutting the red ribbon with the Mayor of Wirral on Friday morning. Already they’re straight into the Christmas mood, looking forward to meeting lots of new people and [...]

New Wine Tasting Videos

A little Christmas treat. This week on the Majestic website saw the release of 30 videos about 30 wines. The videos highlight the idiosyncrasies of each particular wine. Straight to the point, they are short and concise with a perfect food match. Every member of staff loves talking about wine by the tasting counter in [...]

Grape to Glass on Facebook

The Majestic Blog now has its own dedicated tab on our Facebook page Everybody at Majestic loves to share their wine knowledge, whether it be with customers in their local store, on their own store pages and twitter accounts, or just with friends. All this wine knowledge is highlighted in the Majestic Wine Blog: Grape [...]

Brand New TV Adverts

Last night we made our television debut! Over the Christmas period we are broadcasting two brand new adverts in the London area 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 in the [...]

Majestic Wine PLC Interim Results

Majestic Wine PLC (“Majestic”), the UK’s largest wine specialist, today announces its interim results for the 26 weeks ended 26 September 2011. Download the full statement (PDF format) Highlights Profit before tax increased by 20.0% to £8.8m (2010: £7.3m). Interim dividend increased 15.2% to 3.8p per share. Total sales up 8.7% to £127.8m (2010: £117.6m). [...]

New Store! Majestic Wine Chesterfield

Today we open Majestic store No. 175: Majestic Wine Chesterfield Say hello the Chesterfield team: Karl, Tom and Jen. Cutting the red ribon this morning with Greg from Majestic HQ, they are all now looking forward to meeting the lovely people of Derbyshire. Where’s Chesterfield? Chesterfield is a market town in the county of Derbyshire [...]

Guest Blog: Wedding Wines

Choosing wedding wines? The Graped Crusader slays any wine buff that dares stand in his way when choosing his own Wedding Wines… It’s an age old adage that you can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you can’t please all of the [...]

The Majestic Murder Mystery…

Agatha Cristal from Majestic Wine Exeter tells the tale of a Majestic Murder Mystery… It was a balmy summer’s day, with a hint of summer lightening in the air as A Lisa (Bodega Nomemia) wandered up the steps to her place of work, The Gougenheim (Malbec) Museum. She opened the side door and an unusual [...]

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