Category: Travel

We asked Matt Patterson-Green, Winemaker at Jackson Estate, to share some of his secret places to see, sleep, drink and eat in Marlborough.  If you make the trip down under, be sure to check them out! SEE Marlborough is very much an outdoor orientated region with many things to do. Walk and fish, run, mountain […]

Last month I won a Majestic trip to Australia! Don’t be too jealous though – there was lots of work involved… …two weeks working the Aussie wine harvest 2014 at the Two Hands winery in the Barossa Valley. Four Majestic staff won a creative writing competition to book our seats on the plane – I chose to […]

The 2014 harvest in New Zealand is now all but wrapped up with the fresh new Sauvignons soon finding their way to the British isles. It’s easy to forget how much work goes into making these wines and then the enormous distance they have to travel to reach us. This series of photos from some […]

Down under, grape picking has begun for the 2014 harvest. The Australian wineries are some of the most active on social media and they’re sharing their journey throughout the harvest with the hashtag #v14. Here are some photos showing what goes on… This is as fresh as it comes – free run juice straight from […]

Shopping online and in your local store we sometimes forget how beautiful the places are that the wine comes from. There a few more spectacular places to make wine than South Africa! Here’s a round up of our favourite facebook cover photos from the wineries you can pick up at Majestic. Click on the pictures […]

They may be on the other side of the world, but like never before you can stay closer connected to the magical land of electric Sauvignon Blanc and beguiling pinot noir on social media. Discover where your favourites come from… Saint Clair The Saint Clair Half Marathon. Toyed with the idea of running a half marathon? […]

At this time of year it’s quite common to be overwhelmed by the choice of wines on offer. And there’s certainly no shame in being slightly flummoxed when picking some French fancies for the big day. Luckily, in Sud de France you’ll find a region that covers all bases, from great-value party wines to more […]

Facebook and other social networks have let us stay connected with family and friends wherever they are in the world. Now more than ever businesses are using social media to keep in touch with their fans and customers, and wineries are no different. Many of the producers whose wine we stock use social media and […]