BACKGROUND

The Friarwood portfolio consists of some 300 producers, domaines and chateaux carefully selected from the fine wine growing regions around the wine producing world.

Established for almost forty years the family firm still thrives on a personal and tailored service to all of its clients.

Friarwood was established in 1967 and has developed into one of the most dynamic independent wine merchants in the country. A young and enthusiastic team continue to keep Friarwood at the forefront of the UK wine trade.

Enviable links with wine producers across the world: from the classified chateaux of Bordeaux to the boutique wineries of the New World give us access to enviable allocations of wine. Accordingly, Friarwood can cater for those in search of the big names, but we also pride ourselves on our ability to source a range of wines from lesser-known producers that you will not find anywhere else in the country.

All our wines are carefully selected from small, individual vineyards where emphasis is placed on quality production rather than high volumes. These boutique vineyards have greater flexibility to initiate innovative wine making techniques thus producing distinctive, stylistic and intensely flavoured wines. With so much wine now being produced throughout the world we believe that it is imperative to maintain a rigorous selection process and endeavour to represent the best of each grape and terroir.

Wholesalers by tradition and with a diverse range of clients in the world of restaurants and hotels, our two shops in London and Edinburgh head up our burgeoning retail division. Passionate and experienced teams in both locations as well as an excellent portfolio of wines have put Friarwood at the forefront of retail wine sales.