About Laithwaite's Wine

Laithwaite's began in 1969, when Tony Laithwaite took a job washing bottles in Bordeaux... and fell in love with real wine and the people who make it. When he borrowed a van to share these delicious wines with friends and neighbours at home, things went so well that boutique wineries were soon queuing to take part. Today we're the UK's No.1 home-delivery wine merchant, with over 1,500 wines to choose from... including red, white and rosé, plus Champagne and sparkling, beer and cider.

7 wine and gin inspired gift ideas for Mother’s Day

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Laithwaite's Wine

She celebrates your proudest achievements, comforts you when you’re sad and laughs with you over a glass of wine. If your mum loves wine then there’s really only one thing you should be thinking about getting her for Mother’s Day. […]

International Women’s Day: Seven female winemakers smashing the glass ceiling

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Laithwaite's Wine

Seven female winemakers to celebrate on International Women's Day

It’s been 20 years since a woman entered Decanter’s coveted Hall of Fame, but this week Burgundy champion Becky Wasserman-Hone was given the honour. Jancis Robinson MW was the last woman to get the title, in 1999. Back then it […]

What wine should you drink on Pancake Day?

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Laithwaite's Wine

It’s nearly here! The one day of the year where it’s absolutely fine to chuck food around the kitchen. On Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, we’ll all be slicking our frying pans and trying to master the perfect toss for […]

The perfect steak and mushroom pie recipe for British Pie Week

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Laithwaite's Wine

A steak and mushroom pie served in a blue and white enamel pie tin

Beef, mushrooms and a thick red wine gravy surrounded by short, buttery pastry – we can’t think of anything better. Which is why, to celebrate British Pie Week running from the 4th to 10th of March, we’ve decided to share […]

Five ways to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Laithwaite's Wine

Ever wondered how to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew? Watch these videos for the best wine hacks.

It’s happened to the best of us. In one had you have a lovely bottle of wine you can’t wait to open and in the other … oh, where’s the corkscrew? But hold on a minute, there are a few […]

Which wine glass should be used for red, white, rosé and sparkling wine?

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Laithwaite's Wine

Find out which glass you should using for the wine you're drinking

If you really love wine (and if you’re reading this chances are already fairly high that you do) then you’re probably the kind of person who would recoil in horror at a Champagne saucer. You know as well as we […]

Help us find the best red wine to drink with steak for Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Laithwaite's Wine

Help us find the very best red wine to drink with steak in time for Valentine's Day

A wise man once wrote there is no love more sincere than the love of food. But we have an amendment to that: There is no love more sincere than the love of food… and wine. With Valentine’s Day around […]

5 of the best Australian wines to drink on Australia Day

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Laithwaite's Wine

Big, bold Shiraz blockbusters and crisp, upfront Chardonnays are the wines that put Australia on the map. The first grape vines were sent down under on the First Fleet in 1788, but it wasn’t for another 200 years that Australian […]

Help celebrate our 50th anniversary at Laithwaite’s Road Show in Cardiff

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Laithwaite's Wine

Head along to the Laithwaite's Road Show in Cardiff as we kick off our 50th anniversary celebrations

It’s been 50 years since Tony Laithwaite first started buying wine in France and selling it to customers in the UK. Since then a lot has changed (Tony started out with a van and little bit of help from his […]

How to enjoy claret from one of the world’s best château for a fraction of the price

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Laithwaite's Wine

Reserve your case of this rare-one off elite Bordeaux L'Epiphanie de St Estèphe

What claret lover doesn’t dream of slowly uncorking a bottle from one of the truly great names? As fine wine guru Robert Parker says, the romance of pouring something from a famous château “has a grip and allure that is […]

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