Majestic has made a name for itself in recent years in the Bordeaux en primeur market. Burgundy however has proved more difficult to establish, as most of the best producers already have long-established relationships with smaller fine wine merchants.
Recently of course Majestic acquired the fine wine merchant Lay & Wheeler, which is one of those [...]
Simon Smith, Manager of our Dorchester branch takes us on a trip to Chablis.
The Vineyards
The Chablis region is over 100 km North of Beaune and so quite detached from the rest of the Côte d’Or. In rough terms, if you cross the Channel at a polite hour, Epernay makes an ideal place to stop for [...]
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 profit [...]
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