We’re wine nuts, not wine snobs. We’ve been exploring the world on a mission to find great wine for the last 50 years. If you love adventure as much as we do, you belong with us.
We know our winegrowers like family – and in some cases they actually are. Expect to hear from these legends of the soil, see behind the scenes access into vineyards and wineries and get news on fresh finds from our travels on this page.
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Harry RIP, the smell of the ferment and a new skill Ah, poor little mouse, found it dead … thankfully on the floor, not in any vat. I reckon he (Harry) went happily, drunk having munched the odd fermenting […]
Crunch day, Hoffy, spiders and similar Not such a good start to the day when the neighbour manages to reverse into my hire car … despite the road being around 15 metres wide! We’ve all done it … or […]
Findings from a large study of Laithwaite’s sales data have revealed the Top 10 Grape Varieties across the UK. These appeared in the Telegraph, the Daily Mail and Good Housekeeping, among other titles, sparking conversations online. We have been overwhelmed […]
It’s official: we’re a nation of Sauvignon Blanc fanatics. This is one of many interesting findings of a large study we have conducted into our sales data. Analysing over one hundred grape varieties and wine regions, our study found that […]
“The one great thing cool climate countries can do is make fantastic sparkling wine” – Oz Clarke Our Wyfold Brut 2010 has been named “player of the match” at a blind tasting faceoff between England and New Zealand. Oz Clarke […]
David Gower encourages an open mind when it comes to wine. “Every year they seem to discover a new grape somewhere”, he says. With a little help from the Laithwaite’s experts, Gower has built a case of wine that […]
It is perhaps peculiar that, on the most romantic day of the year, a match typically made far from heaven is gifted. We are of course alluding to the age-old wine and chocolate combo. Questionable couplings of these two headstrong […]
As Dry January draws to a close, we here at Laithwaite’s would like to congratulate wine lovers who have stayed strong and kept their resolution. The finishing line is close, so take your pick from our top suggestions below to […]
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