Wines & Champagne

Your guide to the UK wine merchants online

Buying wines and champagne online has never been easier, with the number of specialist online wine merchants and champagne retailers in the UK.

Booths-Wine was the International Wine Challenge's Overall Wine Merchant of the Year 2006 with over 600 award winning wines available online. They have a good reputation for quality wines, great service and updated offers, though prices are not the cheapest.
Click here to visit the Booths-Wine website

Chateau Online are a leading independent online wine merchant, offering a choice of more than 3000 wines & champagnes. These have been selected with the greatest of care by Jean-Michel Deluc, former Head Sommelier at the Paris Ritz. You'll find competive prices as well as wine tips, wine auctions and special offers.
Click here to visit the Chateau Online website

The good value selection of wines from Waitrose Wine Direct can are now sold through John Lewis online. You'll find a good selection of mixed cases, red, white wines and champagnes.
Click here to visit the John Lewis - Waitrose Wine Direct web site

JustWine is a fairly new online retailer, stocking a selection of high quality wines that are not readily available in your high street retailers and supermarkets. They stock Australian, Italian, Spanish, American, French, Hungarian and Chilean wines, and their website also features some useful information.
Click here to visit the JustWine website

Laithwaites is the UK's No.1 independent wine specialist. Their online store offers award winning, quality wines from around the world, mixed wine cases, accessories, special online promotions, expert's recommendations and much more ... and customer service is excellent as they also offer a money back taste guarantee.
Click here to visit the Laithwaites website

Majestic Wine Warehouse offer their selection of wines, champagne and great in-store special offers online as well (with free delivery). Their site also features a useful wine guide, and a 'Style and Food search' to help you find the perfect wine.
Click here to visit the Majestic website

You can also buy M&S's award winning selection of reds, whites, roses, champagnes and mixed cases online. What's cool is that you can search by occasion (e.g. barbecue, wedding, formal dining or light bites) or match by food (e.g. fish, poultry, game or fruits). There're regular special offers and gifts are available too.
Click here to visit the Marks & Spencer web site

Oddins, the High Street beer & wine merchant remain at the cutting edge of wine retail, sticking firmly to their philosophy of making wine fun and accessible to non-experts. You can use their comprehensive wine searches to find wines by type, region, taste, grape, price and more.
Click here to visit the Oddbins website

At Surf4wine you'll find a great range of fine wines from all the popular countries, though with a particular emphasis on the New World ones, Australia and New Zealand. If you're buying for a birthday, anniversary, wedding or party, they offer a good selection gift packaged champagne and wine too, with optional personalised labels.
Click here to visit the Surf4Wine website

At Tesco's wine store you can choose from over 800 different wines and champagnes. You'll find some great special offers, mixed case deals and Internet exclusives. Their site also features a very comprehensive wine buying guide.
Click here to visit the Tesco Wine Store web site

TheDrinkShop.com is a leading online off-licence and drinks' gift service. They offer a reasonable selection of champagnes and red & white wines.
Click here to visit The Drink Shop website

At the world's largest wine club you're able to select from 1,000's of wines and explore their latest special offer web deals, top mixed cases, bin ends and exclusive vintages "en primeur" from the world's greatest estates. Their useful website also features news and invitations to exclusive UK events, and to make sure you're satisfied with the wines you purchase, they offer a 100% refund (no questions asked).
Click here to visit The Times Wine Club website

Thresher Wine Shop and Victoria Wine are the UK's largest High Street wine stores. They don't sell wines online, but their store finder will locate your local Victoria or Treshers wine shop, where you can uncover a range of over 350 wines from around the world.
Click here to visit the Tresher and Victoria Wine website

Warehouse Wines are a leading UK online wine retailer bringing you a good selection of red, white & rose wines and champagnes sourced directly from the vineyards. The best deals can be had when buying one of their many mixed wine cases. They also have a wine club and, if you're not satisfied with any wine they'll replace or refund the bottle.
Click here to visit the Warehouse Wines web site

With over 250 high street retail stores, Wine Cellar Ltd are one of the UK's largest independent drinks specialists. On their site you'll find over 200 wines and champagnes, case deals, special offers and gift. Their comprehensive search facility allows you to search by word, wine type, grape type, price and on a red and white wine taste scale.
Click here to visit the Wine Cellar website

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