By Daniel Briggs, Assistant Manager, Majestic Wine Horsham Last year Majestic Wine assistant manager Daniel Briggs was awarded runner up for the Young Wine Writer Award. His focus was on diversity and tradition in a modern wine industry and this is one of the articles from his portfolio. Whilst Fondillón is not a wine Majestic [...]
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1976 Judgement of Paris
Friday 25 February 2011 – 15:38
Last weekend, we, the team at Majestic Notting Hill Gate held a Fine Wine evening for staff of NHG past and present… Having purchased a case of Stag’s Leap wines when they were on offer last summer, we decided to theme the tasting around the 1976 ‘Judgement of Paris’, where Californian wines competed against some [...]
La Motte empowerment
Friday 25 February 2011 – 12:12
By Karen Higginson, Manager, Majestic Wine Cheltenham It is no secret, if you come into the store and ask me, that I’m a big fan of La Motte’s wines. In particular the Shiraz and this is a wine you’ll find in my wine rack at home most of the year round! The wines, I find, [...]
New! South African red gem
Wednesday 23 February 2011 – 16:22
Another new wine to the Majestic range and this week I’m showing you a little gem from South Africa. An impressive Bordeaux-esq wine of fantastic quality and all the traits to conclude it will be even better with a year or two to mature in the bottle. This is more than likely to be open [...]
New in Spain
Thursday 10 February 2011 – 10:31
Moving West we’re heading to Spain for introducing our latest new wine in the Majestic range. This is a Gewürztraminer from the region of Somontano, located in the foothills of the Pyrenees. This area has focussed on Gewürztraminer since its inception as a DO in 1984 and has been found to flourish in this environment. [...]
Lay and Wheeler Burgundy En Primeur 2009 tasting
Thursday 27 January 2011 – 8:45
By Dean Euden Majestic Wine Cardiff Bay It was with high expectations that I left Cardiff on the 13th January and headed for London to the Lay and Wheeler Burgundy En Primeur 2009 tasting at Glaziers Hall. Since joining Majestic I’ve been drawn to the wines of Burgundy. Wines from the region have improved vastly [...]
Double Success for Majestic at the Decanter Awards!
Thursday 2 September 2010 – 17:53
We were delighted to walk away with 2 trophies from last night’s Decanter Awards: The overall ‘Wine Merchant of the Year’ and the Decanter Readers Award for ‘Best Large Merchant’. This is the third year running that we have won both of these awards which we have to admit we’re very proud of! The judges had [...]
Jane MacQuitty’s Summer Rosé Recommendations
Wednesday 19 May 2010 – 13:27
Jane MacQuitty recently released her 30 Best Rosé Wines in The Saturday Times and we were very pleased to note she was particularly impressed with 7 of our summer rosés. Now that we have had at least 12 hours of sun this summer and with plenty of warm weather predicted for this weekend – we [...]
Chateau Batailley releases
Tuesday 11 May 2010 – 10:36
Finally an en primeur release of one of the top wines, one that we are very confident about and unhesitatingly recommend. Chateau Batailley is an archetypal Pauillac – blackcurrant-scented with a fresh mid-weight character. Key to its attraction is this freshness. It is a drink rather than an academic exercise after all. To view all [...]
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 [...]
