Fine Wine From Majestic

Sept. 11, 2009 - PRLog -- Stocking a range of over two hundred and fifty of the world’s finest wines in addition to deluxe cuvee champagnes, Majestic is one of Britain’s biggest fine wine merchants.  Fine wines are generally traded on their name, their region and their vintage and whilst many of the finest wines originate from Spain, Italy and France, Majestic stock an extensive range of fine wine from around the world.

What many people might not know is that over one third of Majestic stores now have a specialist fine wine area. These dedicated stores have careful temperature control and shelving areas in order to ensure these superb wines are stored at the correct temperature.  Customers can call into these fine wine centres and discuss their fine wine requirements with one of the knowledgeable Majestic team.

For those customers buying from Majestic online, fine wines or fine champagne can be incorporated into a delivery as a minimum of six bottles within a twelve bottle case.  These deliveries originate in Majestic’s specialist Fine Wine Centre in St John’s Wood, a specific temperature controlled area with dedicated staff.

Clayton Smith, manager of Majestic’s fine wine centre said, “We opened the centre in 2003 and since then our choice of vintage wine and cuvee champagnes has grown steadily.  We now offer a range of over two hundred of the world’s finest wines and we regularly refresh our range in order to provide customers with a good variety of vintage wines including Château Lafite and Penfolds Grange.  We stock wines from many regions and countries from still wines to ports and fine champagne including Dom Perignon and Krug.”

Majestic pride themselves on always having a strong range of ‘first growths’.  These are five fine red wines from the Bordeaux region that have been assigned the highest rank of ‘Premier Cru’ and are generally considered to be amongst the finest wines available.  These wines include Château Lafite, Château Mouton-Rothschild and Château Margaux.

Much of Majestic’s fine wine range has already been cellared and so these superb wines are ready to drink.  The passionate, knowledgeable staff at the fine wine centres can provide advice on the cellaring of fine wine and they are always on hand to help – whether it is in store or by telephone.  These wine experts frequently taste a selection of the fine wines on offer and so are more than happy to guide customers and to make a recommendation.  The recent acquisition of Lay and Wheeler, a name synonymous with fine wines for over one hundred and fifty years, allows Majestic to offer a complete fine wine service from the vineyard to storage in addition to providing cellar management expertise and the ability to deliver a wide range of the world’s finest vintage wine.

Majestic also apply their affordable price policy to their fine wine range.   The company have a commitment to buy well and to pass the savings they make on to their customers in the confidence that their carefully selected, prestigious range of fine wine represents excellent value in comparison with the traditional wine merchants.

One of Majestic’s other specialities is that they offer ‘en primeur’ once a year.  Clayton Smith from Majestic’s Fine Wine Centre explains. “En Primeur is a French term for wine sold on a 'futures' basis before being bottled.  The customer pays the cost of the wine at the time of their order and then the wine is shipped up to two years later when the bottled wines are released.  At Majestic, we list En Primeur wines in unsplit cases of 6 or 12 bottles and it is the ideal way to buy wines you intend to cellar for an extended period. A case of wine also makes an imaginative gift, especially as a christening gift. Since you won't have any 'physical' wine to give immediately, we can supply a 'certificate of ownership' for gift recipients.”

With the acquisition of Lay and Wheeler, a dedicated Fine Wine Centre and a commitment to open further fine wine areas in their stores, Majestic continue to be one of the UK’s leading fine wine suppliers.  

About Majestic Wine: Majestic Wine Warehouses is the UK's biggest and best retailer specialising in sales of wine by the mixed case, with 151 stores throughout the UK. As Majestic sells wines and spirits with a minimum purchase of 12 bottles, any mix, they can offer an extensive range of superb wines in large quantities, giving their customers real choice and value.
They recognise that this might not appeal to everyone, but by doing so they feel that they can offer their customers with a higher level of service. Their staff are passionate about wine and are always on hand to give advice on what to buy. They are also the only wine retailer to operate a FREE delivery service throughout mainland UK. To deliver gifts of less than 12 bottles or find out more about their gift solutions service please visit http://www.majestic.co.uk/About/GiftSolutions.

Majestic Wine are also different from mail order and internet wine merchants, who may try and tempt you with artificial savings on a mixed case of indifferent wines. Their promotions last several months at a time and boast hundreds of multibuy offers, which represent genuine savings. They are famous for their 'one-off' special parcels, which are worth looking out for!

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