Majestic staff are known for being the best trained in the business, giving our customers qualified opinions and genuine recommendations. A new staff initiative, designed to run alongside the WSET Diploma course, sees a series of seminars being held at Majestic HQ, with staff from all across the UK coming to meet the people directly responsible for [...]
Tag Archives: Fine Wine
Cristal et al
Tuesday 11 August 2009 – 13:42
Champagne is something Majestic does well. With such a comprehensive range both online and in-store, it’s great to be able to give guidance and recommendations, thanks in part to having had the opportunity to try the Champagnes in advance. Such an opportunity presented itself this week when 30 Majestic staff were invited to an exclusive [...]
Majestic Wine acquires Lay & Wheeler
Friday 6 March 2009 – 15:00
Majestic Wine PLC (‘Majestic’), the UK’s largest wine warehouse chain with 147 stores, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Vinotheque Holdings Limited and WBI Holdco Limited (and its subsidiaries WBI Limited and Lay & Wheeler Limited), collectively known as Lay & Wheeler. Lay & Wheeler made an aggregate [...]
Dom Perignon Vs Krug
Wednesday 4 March 2009 – 16:13
Last night, myself and 30 colleagues were treated to one of the most exquisite tastings of deluxe cuvee champagnes. Held in the glorious surrounds of Moet Hennessey’s office in London, we were faced with the unenviable task of comparing and contrasting two of the most prestigious Champagne ranges – Dom Perignon Vs Krug. Round 1 Dom [...]
Fine Wine Tasting – My Picks
Sunday 16 November 2008 – 11:35
Following on from Jeremy’s post Friday 14th November… I often get asked by friends what I do for a job, and when I tell them I work for Majestic, the response is generally ‘you get paid to drink wine’. To an extent, this is true, although I must point out that we taste rather than [...]
Fine Wine tasting
Friday 14 November 2008 – 14:52
We held our first dedicated fine wine tasting for a select band of journalists in our St Johns Wood Fine Wine Centre yesterday, the aim being to highlight how much our offering has improved this year and to introduce Clayton Smith, the Fine Wine Manager, to the tasters. Since Clayton started in St Johns Wood [...]
2000 Bordeaux – Watch this space…
Wednesday 29 October 2008 – 14:58
Recently at auction we purchased quite a substantial parcel of 2000 vintage clarets. It was massive auction of one person’s cellar (although they only sold the 2000′s) that spanned over two days. With some very selective buying, we have managed to bag some phenomenal wines. Some of you may say that the 2000′s are too young [...]
Bottle Shock – coming soon
Tuesday 5 August 2008 – 10:58
Following the success of Sideways, not to mention the more specialist delights of Mondovino, comes yet another Hollywood view over the wine industry. Bottle Shock is a movie that recounts the story of the 1976 Judgement of Paris, when wines from the then nascent Californian wine regions were pitted against the finest of Bordeaux and [...]
Chateau Beaucastel Whites
Tuesday 29 July 2008 – 14:07
Several years ago, I was fortunate enough to be part of a group of Majestic staff that visited the Southern Rhone. It was my first time visiting the region, and I sincerely hope that it won’t be my last! We spent time visitng regions such as Gigondas, Vacqueyras and Lirac, however the highlight was certainly [...]
