Oddbins v Majestic v Jeroboams

An entirely arbitrary comparison of three UK wine retailers follows. These collections of wine reviews are published because their tastings followed one another closely over the past month or so, and so provide a neat screengrab of what a mainstream UK wine retailer looks like these days – while suggesting which wines you might like to buy before duty goes up on Monday.

As you will see, UK consumers continue to enjoy an enviable range of styles from all around the world; from everyday drinking to fine wine; and from the well known to the wilfully obscure. Prices creep...