
Paul Roberts, Majestic Tunbridge Wells Manager, reports on the latest regional staff training night. To find out which Fine Wines your local store staff have recently enjoyed, contact them!
Majestic employees are well-known for having good product knowledge, this is down to our enthusiasm for the product and a healthy appetite for tasting the range of wines we offer. Every now and again we organise a ‘Fine Wine Night’ to ensure we’re up to date with our current fine wine range. These are arranged by the staff in store for other members of staff and they enable us to open some fantastic wines for us to compare and form our own opinion on how good they are.

You may be thinking that this is just an excuse to open some expensive wine and party, but this is far from the case! Each wine we tried is presented by a different member of staff, who has researched information about the vintage, winery and provides a useful food match to the wine. Here’s what we tried:
The Champagne:
- Laurent Perrier Brut NV
- Laurent Perrier Rosé NV
- R de Ruinart NV
- Ruinart Rosé NV
- Ruinart Blanc de Blancs NV
The Whites:
The Reds:
By general consensus, the most popular white was the Puligny, and on the red the group was torn with the maturity of the Mallet and the openness of the Zapata.
This event has given many newer members of staff confidence in selling these types of products, and as a longer serving member I have learnt a thing or two to keep me on my toes!

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