We're kicking off the summer celebrations, and getting a head start on English Wine Week, with our English Wine Festival on 25 May. Celebrating the best of British, this event will feature our homegrown heroes. Whether you prefer a stand-out English sparkling wine or a...
This year's English Wine Week celebration is shaping up to be a truly Midsummer event! Normally an annual event held in May, Wine GB have made the decision to shift this year's celebration of all things English to June, to mark the start of summer. Although...
In the past year and a half, we all had to throw ‘normality’ out of the window and replace it with a new way of doing things. Suddenly, online shopping became the undiscussed king of retail, and having both a website and a strong social...
With sunnier days ahead of us, a few bank holidays on the horizon, and a hint of normality slowly emerging, it’s time to kick-start the Spring season with the right wine portfolio. From Canada, to England, to France, we have just added four amazing producers...
Join Walker & Wodehouse for a virtual tasting extravaganza as we bring you four days of delectable wines, spirits and beer. Who said that trade tasting events can only be held in person? This year we are bringing you a series of online tasting experiences delivered straight to your door! You'll have...
The more you pay, the better wine you get. This might sound obvious enough, but considering the cost of packaging, logistics, VAT, total margins and excise duty, you get considerably more bang for your buck with premium products. With the recent budget announcement, duty will be frozen...
In the twelve-month period up to summer 2020, English and Welsh wine industry was worth £307.8m, a 4.5% increase from the previous period. In 2019 alone, 3 million new vines were planted in the UK and an impressive number of producers have jumped on the bandwagon*....
T-minus 24 days until Christmas! And, as the government has announced a 'restriction holiday' on the 25th December, allowing up to three households to celebrate together indoors in certain regions of England, it's time to get that Christmas tree up, your favourite jumpers out, and...
This year the big celebrations and roaring parties will give way to smaller groups of friends and family that, despite different circumstances, will hopefully be having a Christmas toast while exchanging presents. As the festive feeling slowly grows, the same old habit of buying ‘special’...
The colour of the leaves is changing, the morning air is cooler, shops are beginning to fill up with seasonal products… Autumn is definitely here! We’re envisioning evenings of indoor entertainment, enjoying some heart-warming meals – but what are the best wines to accompany these? Below...