LaCava Wines is a small independent wine merchant that specialises primarily in the supply of high quality wines to the trade and corporate customers. We also supply to the public direct. We are based in Bicester in East Oxfordshire. Our aim is to provide great wines at great prices with a focus on personal service and a guarantee that you, the customer, can sit back and enjoy these fine wines!   With so many wine merchants out there what makes us different? Our focus is on great wines at great prices, unrivalled levels of customer service and flexibility. With many years of experience in the wine industry in the UK and in Chile and Argentina we have the knowledge and love of wine to help you.
 

Online ordering with basic tasting notes for each wine
UK Delivery = £?

Tastings offered

LaCava Wines Ltd,38 Byron Way, Bicester OX26 2YR (office) t:01865 339599

At Wines Unfurled we go out and discover unique, hand-crafted wines from small, independent vineyards. What we bring back to the UK, we group using colour, making it simple for you to find wine you’re guaranteed to enjoy. This is unique. It’s also a great way to try wines you’d otherwise have never heard about. We can suggest food pairings to get the very best from your wine and the food you eat. And we do all this one hundred percent ethically. It’s a colourful take on wine.

Wines are colour-coded by style from crisp mineral whites to big powerful reds – esasy to use website with online ordering and background information about the producer.
UK Delivery = £9.99
No Tastings curtrently offered
Wines Unfurled, no address given!

Linton Wines was founded in 2006 by John who was getting bored with Banking! There is no coincidence with the approach of his 40th birthday or mid-life crisis, or so he says! Over the last 20 years, John has benefited from a lot of guidance and advice from friends in the trade as well as completing a number of exams set by the Wine & Spirit Education Trust. From 2007 onwards, Banking got a bit more exciting and John no longer had the time to devote to the wine business so Lorna stepped in. In addition to her enthusiasm for wine, Lorna brings great customer service which is drawn from her previous experience of working in Swiss Private Banking in London as well as being a fourth generation wholesaler.

Pleasing website with wines categorised as House Wines , Easy To Enjoy, Sip & Savour , Relax & Relish etc. Online ordering with basic tasting notes for each wine.

UK Delivery = £?

Tastings offered

Linton Wines18 High Street, East Linton (shop) EH40 3AB t:01620 861 817

We pride ourselves on our comprehensive award-winning range of high quality wines (one of the best in the UK) and our no-nonsense, down to earth approach to customer service.
“We can think of few other companies which are passionate about both wine itself and about making sure their customers share their enthusiasm. Wine snobbery in this particular area of Belfast is refreshingly absent”

The range of wines and services offered is impressive. Online ordering is available and there is a shop/warehouse. Good website with easy navigation. Good tasting notes for each wine.
UK Delivery = £25 (N Ireland £free)

Tastings offered

Direct Wine Shipments,  5-7 Corporation Square, Belfast  BT1 3AJ  t: 028 9050 8000

Started in 2003 by Jonny Gibson. Fed up with disappointing wines on the high street and finding the top chateaux wines over priced, Jonny headed off to France in his car and started bring home wine for friends and family. Word spread about his ability to sniff out new finds and Wine Discoveries was born in the spare room at home in East Sussex with wine stored in an old barn.We ran some great tastings with early customers and their friends and the number of winemakers grew from 12 to over 40. Jancis Robinson MW, Joanna Simon and Jonathan Ray gave our wines some very positive reviews. The website was launched in 2004 and people started to buy our wines from as far afield as the Isle of Skye and Cornwall.

Visually pleasing website with online ordering and good navigation. Tasting notes for each wine and background notes on each region and some brief winemaker profiles.
UK Delivery = £6.99
Tastings offered

Wine Discoveries , Hillside House, Lewes Road, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
also at 5 The Grange, High Street, Westerham, Kent TN16 1AH

Will and Helen Bentley founded the shop in Castle Square in September 2005. We are family owned and independent, personally selecting and sourcing our wines worldwide from producers and specialist importers, many of whom we have visited.

Over 750 fine wines, champagne, port, sherry and spirits only yards from the gates of Ludlow Castle, in the heart of Shropshire – one of Britain’s great market towns and a top restaurant and festival destination.

Our shop is packed with wine for everyday drinking, parties, weddings or that very special gift. From Chilean Merlot to Château Latour, we sell by the bottle or by the case. Browse on-line or visit the shop in person. Our friendly and knowledgeable team look forward to talking to you.

Informative website – good range of wines but no online ordering available- shop in town centre.

Bentleys, 18 Castle Street, Ludlow Shropshire, SY8 1AT t:01584 875520

Independent online merchant Wine Hound is based in Surrey.
With over 370 wines to choose from, Wine Hound’s online wine shop is sure to have something to suit all tastes. Plus, we have an extensive selection of Champagnes and other sparklers to add fizz to your celebrations.

Many of our wines have, until now, been reserved for some of the UK’s finest hotels and restaurants. Now’s your chance to enjoy these superb wines at home. Our 100% money-back guarantee of satisfaction means that you can order in total confidence.”]

Jazzy website with good navigation,online ordering – extensive tasting notes and customer reviews and food recommendations.
UK Delivery = £5.95

No Tastings currently offered
Wine Hound Wine Hound Ltd, Upton Farm, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Surrey GU23 6NT t:020 8744 5589

At Vinea Liverpool online wine shop, all the wines from Vineyard Wines have been carefully picked by our WSET qualified staff and sommeliers and we hope to provide some of the best the world of wines has to offer….

Vinea, Latin for vineyard, is also Liverpool’s first specialist wine bar and shop providing a unique and friendly experience. Sit and relax, look out over the Albert Dock and enjoy the diverse and carefully chosen selection of wines and champagnes available to drink on the premises..

For just £7 corkage per bottle on any of our wines available in store, we ensure that we are affordable for all occasions

Good website with easy navigation, online ordering and brief tasting notes and product reviews. Deli products also available and suggestions on food & wine matching.
UK Delivery = £6.99

Tastings offered
Vinea, Unit B7, Britannia Pavilion, Albert Dock, Liverpool  L3 4AD t:0151 707 8962

…a strong reputation within the trade for finding wines that punch above their weight, for unearthing rough diamonds, for spotting tall poppies, but, above all, for using clumsy and ungainly metaphors.

We are a small tribe. Population: five. The village elder is Robin, who opened the popular Belsize Park shop back in 1997 and has subsequently head-hunted Damon, James, Tammy and Lucia. Given our size, we all involve ourselves in every aspect of the business, to a greater or lesser degree, which means that anyone can take the helm when necessary. We believe we have the three attributes required of any successful wine merchant: integrity, experience and a keen gag reflex, but we also have three, soon to be four, diplomas hanging on our wall, just to make our parents proud.

A good website which is easy to navigate – online ordering with decent tasting notes and information. Interesting and different selection of wines
UK Delivery = £free

Tastings offered

Swig.co.uk  188 Sutton Court Road London W4 3HR (office)  t:020 8995 7060

The Fine Wine Company Ltd was founded in 2003. When we first started, we believed that there was the need for a good, down to earth, friendly and helpful specialist wine shop offering a range of interesting wines from mostly smaller producers. A sort of antidote to the increasing anonymity and sameness of the big chain stores. It was a struggle at first, but we never compromised on our mission to bring as many as possible of the world’s more interesting and innovative wines to our customers.  We have been rewarded in the enormous increase in wine drinking in the UK and the resulting growth in demand for the more characterful styles.

Good website with easy navigation and online ordering. Decent tasting notes. Wide range – and whilst all their wines may be “fine” this does not look to be the stuffy and pricey emporium that is often associated with the term.

Tastings offered.

UK Delivery= £8.95

The Fine Wine Company, 119 High Street, Portobello,  Edinburgh EH15 1AR t:0131 669 7716

also at 145 North High Street, Musselburgh, East Lothian EH21 6AN t: 0131 665 0088