to The Oxford Wine Company website, first for online wine in Oxfordshire. You can now browse through our wine list from the comfort of your home and order securely online.
We offer free delivery to any customers within a 25 mile radius of our Standlake Warehouse in Oxfordshire. For customers outside this area, a single delivery charge (£9.99 inc VAT) will apply regardless of the amount ordered. As well as selling wine to our public and trade customers, we organise many wine tastings and other events. Check online for forthcoming events. Use the buttons above to navigate the site and please feel free to email us with any requests or wine related questions you may have.
The original Oxford Wine Company was founded in 1840 and traded from 125, High Street, Oxford until 1914. The name was revived in the early 1990s by Ted Sandbach, metamorphosing from "The Oxford Hamper Company" through "The Oxford Wine And Hamper Company" and finally "The Oxford Wine Company" in the Spring of 1992.
The company has a large warehouse which is open to the public for case or single bottle purchases. In addition the company operates a thriving wholesale business in the Thames Valley Corridor, although wine can be delivered throughout the UK.
The Oxford Wine Company is one of the largest independent wine retail and wholesale companies in the U.K. with a stunning range of wine from just over £3.00 to over £500 a bottle. Over 1500 wines and spirits are stocked and the company also specialises in vintage Armagnac, as well as listing in excess of 150 Malt Whiskys. The Warehouse, at Standlake near Witney, Oxfordshire, has extensive storage capacity and houses the company’s head office and distribution centre.
Uniquely, beneath the building, there are three "caves" which provide perfect conditions for the storage of wine. One of these has been converted into a tasting and function room, which allows the company to entertain in a more authentic fashion!
The Oxford Wine Company holds tastings and dinners and organise Call My Wine Bluff evenings.
The company sources the majority of its wines direct, thus cutting out the middlemen, often dealing with small, quality suppliers whose products will not be found on the "High Street". The list is truly cosmopolitan and incorporates all the major wine producing countries of the World.
MEDAL WINNING WINES!
THE DOMAINE DE LA SOUTERRANNE RANGE
Two of The Oxford Wine Company’s own wines from the Domaine de la Souterranne have been awarded medals in the prestigious International Wine and Spirit Competition:
Domaine de la Souterranne Old Vine Carignan ‘Cuvee Christophe’ 2006 - £8.99
Awarded Silver Medal and Best in Class
Domaine de la Souterranne Merlot ‘Cuvee Guillaume’ 2006 - £6.99
Awarded Bronze Medal
We shall be submitting the newly arrived Souterranne Chardonnay/Viognier ‘Cuvee Georges’ 2007 - £6.99 for next year’s challenge.
Read more about the Domaine de la Souterranne in Diary of a Project in the Features section of the website or in our company magazine.
Domaine de la Souteranne Mixed Case Special Offer - £83.00
A mixed case of 4 Merlot 2006, 4 Carignan 2006 and 4 Chardonnay/Viognier 2007 can be ordered at the special price of £83.00. To Order please contact Theo Sloot on 01865 301144 or email theo@oxfordwine.co.uk
PHILIPPE BRUGNON CHAMPAGNE
Our Philippe Brugnon 1er Cru Rosé Champagne NV - £23.95 has come second in a blind tasting of 57 top rosé Champagnes conducted by Wine and Spirit Magazine published in June 2008 and we hear rumours that Oz Clarke may be including the Philippe Brugnon 1er Cru NV Brut - £20.95 in his Top 250 Wine Guide of 2008 – but we will have to wait until September for confirmation!
The Oxford Times Wine Club
The Oxford Times Wine Club, which we run in association with wine journalist Sarah McCleery and The Oxford Times continues to grow. Some enthusiastic members have even started their own tasting group which they asked Sarah to host recently! The Club’s Annual Tasting, which attracted many members, was a great success – it was held at The Oxford Times offices and included a guided tour of their state of the art printing press. Here’s a photo of the tasting in full swing.
White Van Man!
We have bought a new van to add to our fleet. It’s a Renault Master which, as you can see from the photo, has gone down rather well with Al who will be driving it!
Move over Darling! It used to be considered gentlemanly not to kick someone when they were down. However these rules do not seem to apply to the man with the big bushy eyebrows – is he the illegitimate son of Denis Healey?!
So we have a huge hike in the budget hitting all areas of the wine trade and a promise to increase taxes further to 2% above inflation for the next 4 years. Let’s hope he uses the absurd government figure of 2% inflation which, for those of us who have to shop for food, fill up the car, heat our house and pay mundane everyday bills, is just a joke. It is time, Mr Darling, that you broke out of your cocoon at Westminster and joined the real world. So now you hit booze again with not a mention of binge drinkers but just a tax on middle-aged middle England because your incompetent government is not capable of running the economy and we are considered a soft touch – again! read more of Ted's opinion>
The Oxford Wine Company Magazine is published twice a year, at the beginning of May and November. Inside its 28 pages you will find a host of Special Offers, diary dates for Tastings and features on wine and related topics, including food and wine matching and the Stars in their Bars interview in which we find out what the celebrities are drinking!
The Magazine has been named as a finalist in the OLN “Innovation of the Year” category and has been singled out as “an outstanding feature whose witty tongue-in-cheek approach really demystifies wine” by the Drinks Business Awards of 2007.
To receive our award winning magazine FREE, just click here and send your name and address.
Monthly regular delivery service
Many
of our customers have requested a regular monthly delivery which may vary
in value and amount. Some wish to be specific in their choice whilst others
are happy to leave the selection to us.
All customers who sign up for this service will receive a 10% discount (normally 5%). Payment will be by credit card, details of which will be held securely at The Oxford Wine Company. Alternatively you may wish to instruct us to ring you for payment details.
You can ring or email us at any time to change your selection or cancel your order.
To sign up please contact Gautam gautam@oxfordwine.co.uk or ring him on 01865 301144.
Theo’s Fine Wine mixed case
6 bottle offer for Summer 2008
Price: £103.00
1 bottle of each – special price of £103.00 until 30th September 2008.
My Fine Wine choices for this issue are again all new wines to us and I
continue to be really pleased with our new selections, chosen carefully
through exhaustive blind tastings. The buying team has really come
together now and are choosing some really cracking wines at all price
levels. Try this selection and you’ll see what I mean. Read
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12 Bottle Mixed Case offer for Summer 2008
Price: £53.00
1 bottle of each – special price of £53.00 - until end September 2008.
The case can be ordered by telephoning 01865 301144 or email theo@oxfordwine.co.uk Free delivery within 30 miles.
Prosecco Sestiere Castello 4357 NV – the ‘in’ fizz to drink at the moment
Villa Silvia Pinot Grigio NV – crisp, refreshing Pinot Grigio
Domaine du Mage Ugni Blanc/Colombard 2006 – one of our most popular wines
Santiago Sauvignon Blanc 2007 – fresh, crisp and grassy
Hutton Ridge Chenin Blanc 2007 – ultra modern lifted full clean fruit
Rio Alto Chardonnay 2006 – crisp unoaked style – very refreshing and clean
Santiago Rosé 2007 – lovely fresh, floral and cherried rosé
Beaujolais Loron 2006 – perfumed with delicate fruit
Villa Silvia Merlot NV – rounded with plum fruit flavours
Rio Alto Merlot 2007 – very fresh with loads of clean fruit
Dwyka Hills Shiraz 2006 – rich red berry fruits and spice
Hutton Ridge Shiraz Cinsault 2005 – ripe raspberry fruit
All wines offered subject to availability. In the case of a wine that is no longer available The Oxford Wine Company will substitute with another wine of equivalent quality. Vintages may change.
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The Communes of Bordeaux Case 6 bottle offer for Summer 2008
Price: £303.00
1 bottle of each – special price of £303.00 – until end September 2008. Calon Segur 95, St Estephe (3rd Growth), Talbot 00, St Julien (4th Growth), Lynch Bages 98, Pauillac (5th Growth), Cantenac Brown 96, Margaux (3rd Growth), La Gaffeliere 98, St Emilion(1er Grand Cru Classe), Clos Rene 00, Pomerol Read More & purchase online >>>
Vignobles Dubard 12 bottle mixed case offer for Summer 2008
Price: £81.00
2 bottles of each. Offer valid until end September 2008.Domaine du Gouyat White 2007, Bergerac, Domaine du Gouyat Rosé 2007, Domaine du Gouyat Red 2005, Bergerac,Chateau Laulerie, Comtesse de Segur Red 2004,
Montravel, Chateau les Farcies du Pech 2001, Pecharment, Chateau Nardou 2005, Bordeaux Cotes de Francs Read
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BBQ 12 Bottle Mixed Case offer for Summer 2008
Price: £98.00
2 bottles of each – special price of £98.00 - until end September 2008.
After last year you might think that the concept of ‘summer’ may not actually exist. Certainly I hardly made it out in my boat on the Thames at all last year – although it did come in very handy in the kitchen during the floods for getting
me from the fridge to the cooker and back!. Read
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Rioja 6 bottle Offer for Summer 2008
Price: £71.00
1 bottle of each – offer valid until 30th September 2008.
If you are looking for elegant and mature wines that are ready to drink and lack
the rough young tannins found elsewhere then you need look no further than
Rioja.Vina Amate Tinto 2007, Navajas Tinto 2006, Beronia Barrel Fermented Tempranillo 2005, Vina Alberdi Reserva, La Rioja Alta 2000, Beronia Reserva 2001, Cune Imperial Gran Reserva 1996 Read
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The Oxford Wine Company wins Regional Wine Merchant of the year!
The
International Wine Challenge is the world’s largest, most respected
and most influential wine competition in the UK which judges up to 15,000
wines and the county’s top wine merchants every year to select the
best of each after careful deliberation. We are delighted that this year
this prestigious position has been awarded to us – we have been
named as Regional Wine Merchant of the Year for England West Central.
This
means that the IWC judges (mainly Masters of Wine) consider us to be the
best wine merchant in this area. This is based on the quality and pricing
of our wines, levels of service to our customers, our ability to innovate
through The Oxford Times Wine Club, the company magazine, our vineyards
in France producing our own wines (The Domaine de la Souterranne range),
our website, our tasting rooms and tastings run by Masters of Wine, winemakers
and wine journalists, our shop and having a flat screen TV showing educational
wine programmes for our customers to mention just a few of the aspects
considered by the judges. Ted and John were presented with the award by
Tim Atkin, Master of Wine at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London
on Wednesday night 12th September when the winners were announced.
En Primeur 2007
The 2007 vintage is now available to buy. Please click on the En Primeur button left or use this link to see which wines we recommend.
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