With over 40 years' worth of experience within the licensed trade and over 500 wines available, The Jolly Vintner personally tastes over 1500 wines to curate the best selection from around the world and bring them to your doorstep. Currently stocking over 500 wines from all over the world with everything from everyday drinking to unusual, rare and fine wines for those special occasions or treats.
Everything that I sell has been tasted by myself to ensure I can personally recommend wines, spirits or liqueurs to best suit your individual needs and preferences. I taste upwards of 1500 wines each year and regularly introduce 60-70 new wines per annum to freshen up the range and provide regular customers with something new and different to try.
Everything that I sell has been tasted by myself to ensure I can personally recommend wines, spirits or liqueurs to best suit your individual needs and preferences. I taste upwards of 1500 wines each year and regularly introduce 60-70 new wines per annum to freshen up the range and provide regular customers with something new and different to try.
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I have been involved in the business of selling wines for over four decades, practically man and boy. Within this time I undertook the Wine And Spirit Educational Trust exams up to and including the Diploma Level. I won a scholarship for the Higher Certificate level which took me to Germany for three weeks in 1980 to spend time in the vineyards and wineries which consolidated my love for wine.
If you are interested in learning a bit more about the wine you drink then come along to one of my regular wine tasting evenings. Each month I put on several tastings where we look, and more importantly taste, and ample selection of wines from a specific region or category. The schedule for 2022 will be announced as soon as possible.
Reviews (10)
Zofia Skrakowski
Dec 30, 2021
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Popped in a week before Christmas to grab some lovely wine as gifts. The team asked what I was looking for, they gave me some recommendations at different price points- and all of them were a hit! Even kept one for Christmas Eve meal, which went down brilliantly with the family. Friendly and professional service, will be visiting again for special occasions and gifts. Thanks!
Martin Seiler
Dec 21, 2021
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Christopher Ryan
Nov 16, 2021
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Went in on Tuesday morning and the owner asked that I wear a mask. I explained that I have an exemption, to which he asked for proof, which I do not legally have to carry or provide. He also claimed that as a licencee he had the RIGHT to demand proof! So, faced with someone who doesn't know what he's talking about I left and spent £170 at Majestic instead, who offered me a glass of wine on arrival and happily provided some advice and tasting.
Guy Edwards
Feb 14, 2021
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I have experienced one of Jim's wine tasting evenings before covid and it was brilliant. We brought two friends to it who adored it also. Jim is a rare person, full of experience and knowledge, great customer service and a wine selection that honestly cannot be bettered for miles and miles....If at all. We are blessed having a shop like this locally! I thoroughly recommend both the shop and his wine tasting experiences.
Gordon Fong
Sep 09, 2020
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Bob Olding
Aug 10, 2020
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Phillip Wicks
Jun 28, 2020
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What a fantastic advert for shopping local, The shop is full of a very wide range of drinks from so many differnt sources and Jim was very knowledable about the products we discussed. I left feeling very posotive about the gifts I purchased and with a little back story on them to impart in to the reciever once opened.
Graham Filmer
Jun 19, 2019
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Very poor customer service, I would advise not to book a tasting session here.
Tickets for a wine tasking session bought as a birthday present for me, which are not cheap.
However, unbeknown to the person that bought the tickets we are away on holiday for the date selected.
We called today, bearing in mind they were only purchased yesterday, to change the date due to our holiday.
The person who took the call was very unfriendly, very uncaring and clearly had no care for their customer’s.
We were told very clearly that we cannot change the date and therefore we cannot go.
Appalling attitude
Tickets for a wine tasking session bought as a birthday present for me, which are not cheap.
However, unbeknown to the person that bought the tickets we are away on holiday for the date selected.
We called today, bearing in mind they were only purchased yesterday, to change the date due to our holiday.
The person who took the call was very unfriendly, very uncaring and clearly had no care for their customer’s.
We were told very clearly that we cannot change the date and therefore we cannot go.
Appalling attitude
Tom Bagnall
Dec 07, 2018
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This is way more than just the best wine shop in Bournemouth! Being a bit of a Whisky lover it's a veritable treasure trove of fantastic malts! But what I really love is the owners immense knowledge of every product he sells, from wine and whisky to local ales and gins! I challenge anyone to ask him about a product he sells, if he doesn't know more information on it than you thought possible... I'll give up wine for a month... (I won't really, but you get the gist)...
Sandy Plain
Jul 31, 2017
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