Welcome
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.
Tasting Events
To keep up to date with our tastings and wine events click below. We run two large Wine Fairs per year in Oxford and Witney where you can taste up to 100 wines arranged on 15 tables – these are the biggest wine events in the area and very popular.
We present regular informal tastings in our customized Tasting Tunnel below stairs in our wine cellar which feature winemakers, wine journalists and Masters of Wine.
We also run The Oxford Times Wine Club in collaboration with wine journalist Sarah McCleery and The Oxford Times. As well as special offers appearing weekly in The Times we feature themed Dinner Tastings at the exclusive Corner Club in Turl Street in the heart of Oxford which are hosted by winemakers and producers.
To receive up to date information on all our wine tasting events, just click here and send your name and address.
News
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 in 2007 this prestigious position was awarded to us – we were named as Regional Wine Merchant of the Year for England West Central.
This means that the IWC judges (mainly Masters of Wine) considered 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 2007 when the winners were announced.
Domaine de la Souterranne Old Vine Carignan 2007 Included in Top 100 Vin de Pays 2009
Our Domaine de la Souterranne Old Vine Carignan ‘Cuvée Christophe’ 2007 has been selected as one of the Top 100 Vin de Pays available in this country and was on show at the London International Wine Fair at Excel. The 2006 vintage won a Silver Medal – Best in Class in the International Wine and Spirit Competition in 2008. It has also been included in Oz Clarke’s Top 250 Wines for 2009 Guide as has our Domaine de la Souterranne Merlot ‘Cuvée Guillaume’ which won a Bronze Medal in the IWSC. Both wines were made by international wine consultant David Morrison and Raphael Genot using fruit from our rented vineyards in the Languedoc.
En Primeur 2008
The 2008 vintage is now available to buy. Please click on the En Primeur button left or use this link to see which wines we recommend.
Philip Hicks
Internationally renowned artist Philip Hicks was interviewed recently in Oxfordshire Life magazine and was asked the question ‘To whom or what should there be an Oxfordshire memorial?’ He answered ‘To the Hook Norton Brewery and to Ted Sandbach and his team who run The Oxford Wine Company at their Standlake premises. Life would not be the same without them!’
Philip Hicks’ fully illustrated catalogue with 64 pages, 54 colour illustrations and an introduction by the artist is available from www.messums.com
Search for wine
We have a new online shop!
1500+ Wines, Spirits and other pleasant beverages, interesting Special Offers and Theo’s recommended wines – all offered with free delivery within a 30 mile radius of Standlake.
Click here to peruse or search below.
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Just click here and have your say: http://www.facebook.com/oxford.wine
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Special Offers
BORDEAUX THE CLASSIC COMMUMES MIXED CASE OFFER FOR WINTER
Special Discounted Case Price - £132.00
6 bottle case
It is the individual nature of Bordeaux’s many unique wine growing areas (or Communes) that account for the differences in character and quality of the wines that are fashioned in this classic wine producing region. Here is an introduction to some of the most famous Communes and their wines.
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THEO’S FINE WINE 6 BOTTLE MIXED CASE OFFER FOR WINTER
Special Discounted Case Price - £73.00
1 bottle of each
As usual there are some great new wines here that I have included in this offer (some of them a mere matter of days old as I write) but also I just had to include one of our best selling and brilliant wines as well – namely the Guy Allion Sauvignon de Touraine. Why did I include it? Quite simply because it’s really very good wine at a very affordable price – and everyone loves it. If you haven’t tried it yet you’ve missed out – this is brilliant wine.
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THE OXFORD WINE COMPANY 12 BOTTLE MIXED CASE OFFER FOR WINTER
Special Discounted Case Price £59.00
1 bottle of each
The Oxford Wine Company’s mixed case is a collection of our best everyday drinking wines and offers great value for money for any occasion – it also makes a great gift at any time of year.
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WINES FROM VIRGINIA 6 BOTTLE MIXED CASE OFFER FOR WINTER
Special Discounted Case Price £110.00
2 bottles of each
White Hall Vineyards Viognier 2007,
Monticello Boxwood Winery Topiary 2007,
Middleburg Boxwood Winery Boxwood 2007, Middleburg
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DOMAINE BOYER BULGARIAN 12 BOTTLE MIXED CASE OFFER FOR WINTER
Special Discounted Case Price £54.00
6 bottles of each
Chardonnay 2008
Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
Opinion
In this business I get invited to a host of wine tastings, some of which hold more appeal than others. They mainly take place in London which can make for a rather long day. In the early years I was keen to taste an array of wines and meet as many people as I could in the trade in order to broaden my horizons, but lately I have become a little lazy. This is not because The Oxford Wine Company has become complacent but mostly because so many salesmen seem to beat a path to our door these days and we get exposed to many good new wines in our own tasting room.
Oxford Wine Direct
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.
Services
- Corporate events
- Cellar planning
- Party planning
- WSET trained sales staff
- En Primeur Claret advice
- Wedding consultations
- Wine available to taste
- Free local delivery
- Online Purchasing
- Free glass hire
- All major credit cards accepted
- Sale or Return
- Credit accounts
- Personalised Armagnac labels
- Gift ideas and vouchers