Many Majestic customers have discovered the benefits of shopping at our Wine & Beer World stores in Calais, Coquelles or Cherbourg, but if you’ve not enjoyed a trip across the channel to stock up on Majestic wines there’s never been a better time. For the 300+ wines that we sell in both the UK and [...]
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Parlez Vous France Save?
Wednesday 10 February 2010 – 10:37
“Sometimes, I go out by myself, and I look across the water”, so sang Amy Winehouse (as did The Zutons before her, although their name doesn’t have quite the same wine-related ring to it). And sometimes I do too. I last visited Calais on a little food and wine shopping spree just before Christmas, and [...]
The wines that launched 1000 ships?
Friday 11 September 2009 – 10:12
Loyal customers of Wine & Beer World could be forgiven for looking back on last September with a slight shudder. Today marks the one year anniversary of the fire in the Channel Tunnel which, although relatively minor, did throw a rather large spanner into the works of many people’s travel plans for the festive season. [...]
Find a Match in France
Wednesday 10 June 2009 – 15:35
There comes a time in one’s life when it seems as though everyone else is getting married, and for me that happy chapter has now begun, perfectly timed to remind me that my twenties are soon to meet their demise. Over the past few months my close friends and relatives have been either getting married [...]
For cross-channel shoppers
Tuesday 10 February 2009 – 8:38
Confusingly used as a web-marketing term, cross-channel shopping (or the practice of shopping with a retailer by offline and traditional methods) has a more literal meaning for us. Shopping across the channel means visiting one of our three French stores to take advantage of the low tax on drinks in France. However large the savings, and [...]
