Recent Awards & Press

This year's winner of Judges' Choice is 'a great family business, a traditional merchant but with a modern twist - well worth discovering' said the judges.

‘Wyle Cop, a street lined with 16th- and 17th-century timber-framed buildings, is believed to be the longest run of independent shops in the UK (across Shrewsbury, indies outnumber chains by 50%). They include Wyle Blue World, a global homewares shop with a “secret” walled garden housing the BlueBar, and Tanners, a wine merchant that runs guided tours of its 14th-century building (next tour 12 October).’

‘Shropshire-based Tanners Wines continues its impressive trajectory, having bolstered the team with younger talent and focused on sustainability.’

‘The long-established, Shrewsbury-based Tanners Wines is another excellent source of half bottles.'

‘However, I also want to celebrate, in the last of this run of columns, the unique and magnificent British wine trade, the importers, wholesalers and retailers who scour the wine world to bring its glories to our tables… to splendid regional merchants such as Tanners of Shrewsbury. Let’s enjoy and make use of it while it continues to thrive.’

‘Tanners Wines who seem some of the keenest UK merchants on en primeur this year'