A blog from Jeroboams

Jeroboams Trade, formerly Laytons, can be traced back to 1934. In that time our mission has been (fairly) straightforward: Keep businesses across the UK stocked with the best wine, spirits and beer. We work hard …

“We sense that ‘normal’ isn’t coming back, that we are being born into a new normal: a new kind of society, a new relationship to the earth”  Charles Eisenstein Living in a world of instant …

Aquaplaning our way up the A6 from Geneva, the road illuminated by sheet lightning, was the rather unnerving manner in which we arrived late Sunday evening into Beaune. A fitting welcome from a wine region whose …

We were pleased to re-open our Holland Park Avenue store last night after it had undergone a refurbishment. Over the past 18 months, we have moved to refurbish a number of our shops, to keep …

Over the last few years we have witnessed a heavy tide turning against over-industrialised food and drink production. On these pages at the very least, we have mulled over what it means to work with …

One of the most traditional aspects of the wine trade is the annual phenomenon that is a Bordeaux en primeur campaign. I’m coming to the end of my eleventh en primeur vintage so I ought …

Now that the dust has settled following our Summer Tasting, we wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you to all our customers in attendance, and to all the producers who made the trip …

After an incredibly busy month of ripping things out, putting things up, painting, decorating, staff training and more than bit of head scratching, we are happy to say the Jeroboams Muswell Hill refit is now …

“If I had a pound for every time I have been asked that question…” This old saying, as it related to every wine merchant, is always directed at the question: “What is the best wine …

Every quarter we publish our very own fanzine, themed around the arts in London. Our Spring edition is now available in store now, and available to view online as pdfs: Central, West and Hampstead.

Even the most ardent lover of all things cold, wet and grey, must relish the onset of spring after a long winter. The excitement brought by simple delights – such as the first asparagus, the …

I love Italy.  I love its dramatic scenery, the honesty and passion of its people, its food and most of all its wine. Sure, there is plenty wrong with the country. The sclerotic bureaucracy, the …