BREAKING: Congratulations to our founder, Tony Laithwaite, a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to wine. What a great way to mark 50 years in wine!
WIN! In collaboration with Renais
@renaisspirits
and in celebration of our new Heritage Gift set, we’re giving away a bottle of Renais gin signed by Emma Watson to 1 lucky winner.
See our Instagram page for how to enter:
T&Cs:
Le XV du Président has always been a rugby players drink. The people in the village it's made in drink it after matches. That's why we packed two cases onto the
#FANVAN
fro Scott to give to the Welsh Charity and Armed Forces vets after a charity game last weekend.
Contesting their first ever European tournament,
@Buckingham_HC
put in several fine displays to finish fifth at the Women's EuroHockey Indoor Trophy 🏑
Congratulations to everyone involved 👏
🔗
📸
@angusjporter
Scott Quinnell visited our Gloucester Distribution Centre on his way through to his old mate Mike Teague's pub yesterday and picked up a special delivery. He's packed up a couple of cases into his van and is back on the road
#FanVan
Exciting news! Laithwaites is now the Official Wine Partner of
@EnglandCricket
🏏 🍷
With a landmark summer for English Cricket ahead, including the much-anticipated Men's and Women's Ashes Series and the ODI World Cup, it’s a perfect time to bring wine and cricket together.
Big congrats to our founder, Tony Laithwaite, for picking up a well-deserved lifetime achievement award from
@db_awards
last night. Almost 50 years of wine merchanting ... and he's still at it. Cheers Tony!
Do we have any fans of The Black Stump here? 🙌
Alan Kennett is the trophy-winning winemaker behind our No.1 bestseller and every vintage, he pulls out all the stops to create another sublime ‘Stump’ 🍷
Now who's for a glass of this smooth, full bodied, Aussie red?
Wine and chocolate are two of the most gloriously indulgent and delicious products 🍷 🍫We'll be joined by talented chef and chocolatier,
@William_Curley
, for a virtual evening of wine and chocolate tasting on 15th October.
Click to find out more 🔽
@STWorg
@StopFundingHate
Hi
@STWorg
the views published certainly don’t represent our own values. We’ve let our marketing team know and they will be discussing this in more detail when reviewing our future advertising campaigns.
On average 50p of every £1 spent on wine is tax. That's why we're campaigning with
@WineDrinkersUK
to give wine lovers a break and cut wine duty in March's budget
#CutBackwineTax
Last week Scott pulled up in the
#FanVan
outside our Gloucester Distribution Centre in a bit of a bind. He needed two cases of wine to take onto the next leg of his tour. We were only too happy to help, but we had to make him work for it ...
We're celebrating our golden anniversary today, a lot has happened in the last 50 years! Here's a brief history of Laithwaite's Wine in pictures ...
#50YearsofLaithwaites
We began in an arch under a railway. What we lacked in light and air we made up for in laughter and ambition. Our shops look different these days but we're still delivering magic in a box 📦
#ThrowbackThursday
What a weekend in Manchester for
#LaithwaitesLive
! A HUGE thank you to all our customers and wine producers for attending. We hope you had a great time and enjoyed the event. See you next year for our 50th anniversary show!
Lots of people have been asking us about this and we're really proud to say, yes, that was our wine the Queen was drinking at the
#StateBanquet
on Monday night! Try the 2015 vintage for yourself:
Our team have worked so hard to make sure we're always putting you - our wonderful customers - at the heart of everything we do. So we were so thrilled to win the
@instituteofcs
Quality Service Provider of the Year award last week. Here's to you AND to our team. Cheers 🥂
A huge thank you to everyone involved in this weekends
#VintFest
. Without all of our producers, supplies, hosts and (of course) customers - we could never have achieved such an incredible event! I hope to see you all next year for our 40th Vintage Festival
We here at Laithwaites would like to thank Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II for a lifetime of duty and service to our country and the Commonwealth.
Our deepest condolences are with the Royal Family during this difficult time, and we join the nation in their grief.
- Laithwaites
Hooray, we've been nominated as Best Online Wine Retailer in the
#PCDrinksAwards
Now we need your help to bag the trophy 🏆 If you love us please click the link and vote for us before Tuesday 19th April:
50 years ago today Tony brought a case of half bottles from his mentor Monsieur Cassin's Bordeaux winery to the UK and started selling wine. Here's how it all happened in his own words:
#50YearsofLaithwaites
Family is how we started and family is how we mean to go on.
Laithwaites was launched over 50 years ago with a little (okay a lot) of help from Tony's grandmother.
If it wasn't for family we wouldn't be here. That's why family is still at the heart of everything we do.
Congratulations to the Lionesses and thank you for bringing it home, you've done us proud 🦁 🏴
Here's a toast to our European Champions 🍾
#WEURO2022
#Lionesses
#ItsHome
If you're looking for a great value wine that you can keep for a few years we really recommend Viña Ardanza Reserva from
@LaRiojaAltaSA
. It's a classic blend of Tempranillo and Garnacha with close to 36 months of ageing in barrel followed by time in bottle - delicious 🍷
Here’s a sneak peek of our new advert which will be played during at 9pm on
@ITV
tonight. Celebrate with us by pouring a glass of wine, putting your feet up and popping on the TV.
#dramaineverydrop
Let the fizztivities begin 🥂
Barbara Laithwaite and Tamara Roberts are here to tell us how they’ll be enjoying their English Sparkling Wines on the big day 🎄
Purchase our English Sparkling Wine Duo for your table this Christmas at .
We’re delight to announce we've only gone and won
@WineChallenge
Online Retailer of the Year Award ... again 🏆
A huge thank you to all of our team and to our customers for your continued support, there simply is no better place online to buy wine. Cheers 🥂
#IWC2021
We're one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing 2022 🎉
We are very proud to be part of such a tremendous team, and to have created a workplace truly focused on wellbeing for everyone.
We will continue to make Laithwaites an even better workplace for our people! 👏
Has our June catalogue reached your home yet?
It’s been a while since we’ve sent one but it’s back and filled with an incredible heartfelt thank you from our winemakers and great deals including FREE magnums and big savings.
Look out for it on your doorstep!
Tony received a golden heart from
@SRDuchessofKent
as part of our pledge from the team at our Theale HQ to support this important charity. The hospice cared for our colleague and friend Sara in her final days so it's a cause close to us
#CharityTuesday
A lockdown wine suggestion from Matt who works with our own producers at
@redheads
. Matt's allotment was quiet so he spent a few hours in the sun with a bottle of
@HarrowandHope
Brut Rosé. Did you manage to get some solitary sunshine this weekend?
#socialdistancing
#quarantwine
In 1979 Tony received a call from his old mentor Monsieur Cassin offering him his family vineyard, La Clarière, as his nephew Jacques didn't want it. It went well for Tony. And Jacques? Well he inherited a share in another winery so he's doing just fine too!
#ThrowbackThursday
The fizz, the flavour, the feeling ...
Nothing hits quite like Champagne 🍾 The ultimate fizz. Discover more at . We’ve got a Champagne for you.
#ChampagneDay
Incredible news for
@HarrowandHope
– not only was their Blanc De Noirs 2013 a joint winner at
@wine_GB
but their other three wines have also won awards AND they've just been named WINERY OF THE YEAR! Congratulations guys🍾🎉🍾🎉🍾🎉🍾🎉
9 things that will happen this month:
1. Picnics
2. Game of Thrones will end
3. We'll drink rosé
4. Percy Pigs will go veggie
5. We'll drink rosé
6. TWO Bank Holidays
7. We'll drink rosé
8.
#VintFest19
9. Did we mention we'll drink rosé?!
We've been certified as a Great Place To Work in the UK 🎉
At Laithwaites, we're always doing things beautifully. Everyone is part of the family. In everything we do, we do things the right way. Even when people aren't looking.
#GPTWUKCertified
#GreatPlaceToWork
@GPTW_UK
Enjoy The Dip, our black-hearted red inspired by the darkest and strangest of grapes.
Drooling with juicy, plum-rich flavours, this beast of a red is a rich reward for those who dare to explore. Once tasted, there's no turning back🩸
Don’t forget to join us LIVE on Zoom from 7pm on Wednesday for an unforgettable night with three of the greatest from the world of English Sparkling wines…
For more details of how to join and how to order your wines, click here:
Calm down
@piersmorgan
, it just means vegetable proteins and minerals are used to filter the wine rather than egg whites or gelatine. It's been around for years and we have a huge range, they all pair rather nicely with a
#vegansausageroll
Our first warehouse vs our current warehouse ... just look how much things have changed! From railway arch in Windsor to our distribution centre in Gloucester. The mission is the same though: to deliver magic in a box 📦
After a brief stay in a rickety old shed in Windsor, Tony Laithwaite and his stock of more than 14,000 bottles of wine moved into Arch 36, under Windsor & Eton Central Station. It looked just like a wine cave and customers loved it!
#ThrowbackThursday
When José Neiva Correia made a wine using 100% Alicante Bouschet people called him 'aluado' (loony). Some may have been embarrassed by the nickname his peers gave him, but José put it on the bottle! Try it for yourself 🍷
📷 Repost from
@geetbigirv
on Instagram. "Gorgeously intense, ripe and fruity Grenache blend with just the right amount of spice, wow! I think this not so dry January has been kicked off to a cracking start!"
We've just received this picture on Instagram all the way from New Zealand. Clare is Tony's former PA who's been living in New Zealand for 16 years. In all that time, she's just received her first ever Laithwaite's delivery! We hope you enjoy your delivery Clare 🍷
It's Fizz Friday! Forget the Champagne (for now at least)
@PlanetVictoria
says our
@HarrowandHope
Brut Reserve from Henry Laithwaite is one of the English wines you MUST try. Get yours here:
As The Lions take on the Springboks in their third and final test today, the
#FANVAN
tour is coming to an end. Scott stopped at
@LaithwaitesN
last week and we gave him the perfect wine for the occasion, Journeys End. COME ON LIONS 🦁
We asked our colleague Jules which wine she'd taken into lockdown with her and she sent us three! She said. "The wine is always incredible! Worth every penny when you know you'll be blown away by flavour." What wine have you taken into lockdown?
#stayhome
#quarantwine