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 [...]
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Knowledgeable staff are at the heart of Majestic, so from day one I embarked on tasting our range at the in-store tasting counter, guided through the WSET systematic approach to tasting by my manager and assistant manager. As some of my customers have observed, it’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it! Vital [...]
Firstly, I guess it makes sense to introduce myself: I’m Emma and until 2 weeks ago, I was the Manager in our Twickenham store. I recently made the move to Majestic’s Head Office where I now look after our website content – believe me – it’s no mean feat trying to keep track of Majestic’s [...]
An oddity of the wine trade is the annual migration of the Burgundy winemaking fraternity to London for tastings of their most recent releases. The keen taster could go to several events every day and sample almost every vineyard site in the region, probably from several growers.
Jancis Robinson took a measured view of the vintage [...]
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 drink.
On [...]
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 earlier [...]
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Richard Weaver
Gary Bates
Simon Renton
Jeremy Palmer
Clayton Smith
Giles Cooper
John Abbott
Amy Hetherington
Emma Pook