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Waitrose spring 2026 recommendations
Great buys available in the UK and farther afield – including some naturally lower-alcohol wines. Above, left to right: Reon Richter, Leana Coetzee, Mari Branders, Juandre Bruwer – the core...
Andy Howard MW
• 3 min read
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Laithwaites celebrate their fortieth year of trading this year, an era that has seen them grow from a man-and-van operation...
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Jeremy Palmer, managing director of Lay & Wheeler since the company was acquired by Majestic, announces that his old fine...
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One resonant name we haven't covered recently in our surveys of UK retailers is Oddbins. This once-dominant chain of wine...
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We regularly monitor the current wine selections of the major UK wine retailers and supermarkets. Here's a guide to what...
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Here are my notes on 34 of the wines presented by the UK's second-biggest supermarket Asda (owned by Walmart of...
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Since rumours abound that the Thresher/Wine Rack group is in trouble, for some of the reasons addressed in this thread...
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Purple pager bargain hunters beat me to the announcement of the current 25% off all wines and champagnes at Waitrose...
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I felt pretty depressed after tasting nearly 80 of the wines of which, presumably, the UK supermarket Sainsbury's is proudest...
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Richard Hemming recently tasted these offerings from Virgin Wines, now a subsidiary of Direct Wines, owned by the Laithwaite family...
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Upmarket UK supermarket Waitrose is clearly aware that it may not be perceived as the first destination for bargains. Why...
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Congratulations to Marks & Spencer for having sourced one of the most interesting wine ranges in the British high street...
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Below are tasting notes on wines shown last week by UK retailer the Co-operative (trying to throw off its old...
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'Get the basics right – that includes the staff, it includes the product, it includes the price – we get...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. The wine world is currently every...
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Mel Jones writes: As the crunch continues to grind away, the UK's biggest supermarket Tesco, with its buying power, should...
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The case of the disappearing wine company. The 150 year-old wine merchant Lay & Wheeler, once one of Britain's most...
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