The Wine Show’s Favourite Indie Wine Merchants - 2021
Top Cuvee
A neighbourhood restaurant-turned wine shop delivering UK wide.
Shop Cuvée was born out of necessity, due to the closure bars and restaurants across the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic. Longtime friends Brodie and Max sought a positive solution to the dilemma of both their venues being shut down on the same day. And hence, Shop Cuvée was born!
Cork & Cask
Edinburgh’s most passionate wine and beer merchant.
With a wine portfolio that’s ‘fresh and exciting’, the team select products that punch above their weight in terms of price and quality. They also stock a wide and comprehensive range of beers, with the focus on local Scottish beers but with an expansive selection of world beers, including rare Belgian and German beers.
Specialist Cellars
South London’s New World wine warriors, including online shop and restaurant.
Specialist Cellars curates the harder-to-find, best of, new release and most delicious New World wines all in one place for the UK market. It brings together the extensive wine catalogues of The New Zealand, Australian and South African Cellar, with new territories and producers joining their invigorating list of wines all the time.
Vinoteca
Winner of the UK Wine Club of the Year - Decanter Awards 2019
Wines from Vinoteca’s extensive, award-winning Wine Shop delivered to your home each month followed by an exclusive online tasting. Each case includes member’s content: details on the wines and their producers, food matches and ‘drinking windows’, all the latest news, information on member’s events and cracking recipes.
Passione Vino
Stay in. Drink wine. Don’t panic. They deliver nationwide.
Founder Luca Dusi, who owns the popular East London store, prides himself on sourcing and shouting about small, independent Italian winemakers. They offer monthly cases, personally selected by Luca, and which vary on different themes and regions of Italy. Designed to suit any curious palate.
More Wine
High quality bag in box & pouch wines from small vineyards focusing on sustainability.
Yes, you can get great wine in a box. More wine offer bag-in-box, pouch and canned wine. High quality wines, from small vineyards, with an unerring focus on sustainability, eco-friendly packaging and transport logistics. If you’re not looking to age the wine you don’t need to import the glass bottle!
Bin Two
Award-winning independent wine shop in Padstow, Cornwall.
Independent Wine Merchant and Champagne Bar nestled just yards from the buzzy and beautiful quayside in Padstow, North Cornwall. They offer a wine club is a great way to keep up-to-date with our latest discoveries, seasonal recommendations, exclusive members events and new favourite tipples.
Sommelier’s Choice
Restaurant quality wines, delivered to your doorstep.
Tim sources high quality wines from small family producers across the globe. Tim buys wines for some of the best restaurants in the country and we keep a few bottles aside to sell online. You'll be hard pushed to find our wines anywhere else in the UK. And you two can enjoy those wines in the comfort of your home throughout lockdown.
Drop Wine App
Drop is an on demand virtual wine cellar delivering wines to you within 1 hour.
Drop is a virtual wine cellar delivering quality on-demand wine to wherever you are at the push of a smartphone. A radical advancement in wine technology and loved by the UK’s existing wine trade, they are currently seeking investment to expand their business.
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Good Wine x Good People
Wines you’ll love made by people you will like.
Personalised wine selections from your friendly neighbourhood wine expert Dan Belmont. Offers Nationwide Delivery, Virtual Tastings and Gift Cards. Also, if there is a better cheese and wine pairing connoisseur we would love to know about them. Dan is your man.
Wine Car Boot
Taste your way out of the supermarket [or for 2021] out of lockdown.
The acclaimed physical wine market founded by Ruth Spivey, pivoted online last year to create an online version of her extremely popular Wine Market. Each 'stall' features a special Wine Car Boot selection from ten of the UK's best independent wine shops.
The BIB Wine Co
Champions in alternative-format wine in the UK.
Ethically-minded and fantastic quality, The BIB Wine Co team offer a selection of fine wines all available by the BIB (Bag-in-Box). Their boxed-wines are sourced directly from small and independent producers. Outstanding quality, offers Next Day Delivery (if ordered by 12:30pm)
