About Us
Based in Saffron Walden, Essex, the award-winning Joseph Barnes Wines was founded by Charles Hardcastle who named the business after his grandfather, a clothing manufacturer from Leeds.
Right from its inception, the aim of Joseph Barnes Wines has been to introduce customers to interesting and unusual handcrafted wines from small, independent chateaux and domaines largely from southern France but also from other areas of the wine world, and to this end the mission has been to constantly seek out new and exciting wines that are rarely available elsewhere but still represent great value for money.
Our Awards:
- September 2007, JBW named 'Independent Specialist Wine Merchant of the Year' by Decanter Magazine & The World Wine Awards
- December 2009, JBW voted runner-up in the Daily Telegraph 'Food and Drink Retailer of the Year'
- March 2010, JBW voted runner-up in the International Wine & Spirits Competition, 'Independent Retailer of the Year'.
- November 2011, JBW shortlisted for the International Wine & Spirits Competition, 'Independent Retailer of the Year'.
We hope that you will enjoy browsing our selection of wines and that they give you as much pleasure as they have given us. There is no minimum order and cases can be mixed according to taste and budget. We deliver FREE within a 20 mile radius of Saffron Walden. Delivery is also FREE when you order £100.00 or more of our wines. Click here to view delivery information
In addition to our website, we also operate a small but well-stocked shop in the centre of Saffron Walden from where we also conduct regular wine tastings and locally-renowned food and wine matching dinners.
And now you can catch up with Charles's regular wine tastings on Youtube. Click here
You can also view Charles' regular wine column for Cambridge's Agenda Magazine. Click here.
