Below are the wines that London upmarket wine shops Jeroboams chose to show off to their best customers recently in the hope of culling large pre-Christmas orders. Some of the prices are specially reduced for the festive season – not least their own-label Laytons champagne, named for their sister wholesale import company.
I like the way that their selection is distinctive, and several of their best buys such as the wines from Moss Wood in Margaret River are imported direct by Laytons.
Another sister company is Milroys of Soho, one of London's few specialists in malt whiskies, but I'm afraid...