
Roberson Wine is an online
fine wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are ...
merchant based in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
.
Established in 1991, Roberson Wine specialises in wines from France and California, selling online to private individuals and wholesale to restaurants and off-trade businesses. It holds regular tastings of fine wine in its
Earls Court
Earl's Court is a district of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London, bordering the rail tracks of the West London line and District line that separate it from the ancient borough of Fulham to the west, the ...
premises. Roberson Wine closed its Kensington Store at the end of August 2015 and now operates entirely out of its offices in Earls Court. It is situated above central London's only working winery, London Cru, also founded by Cliff Roberson, owner of Roberson Wine.
Recognition
Roberson Wine was named "Small Independent of the Year" and "Specialist Merchant of the Year: California" in 2014 at the International Wine Challenge. In 2009
Jancis Robinson
Jancis Mary Robinson OBE, ComMA, MW (born 22 April 1950) is a British wine critic, journalist and wine writer. She currently writes a weekly column for the ''Financial Times'', and writes for her website JancisRobinson.com, updated daily. She ...
nominated Mark Andrew of Roberson and Gareth Birchley of
Bordeaux Index
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture o ...
as "destined for great things". In 2015, it was named "Specialist Merchant of the Year: California" and "Innovator of the Year", again at the International Wine Challenge.
International Wine Challenge Merchant Awards 2015 results
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References
External links
Official Website
Companies based in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Wine retailers of the United Kingdom
Shops in London
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