Laithwaites' current favourites, and news

See also our guide to who's selling what for a guide to other, similar surveys of British retailers, many of whose wines are available internationally.

One of Britain's most successful wine companies, Laithwaites was profiled here and continues to go from strength to strength internationally. The notes below are on wines that head of buying Justin Howard-Sneyd MW particularly singled out to the media at the company's recent presentation of new finds.  But in news just in (geddit?), I hear that he is to leave this full-time position next month to set up his own consultancy The Hive (he already...