UK Wine Merchants supplying a diverse choice
of quality wines from all over the world
Exemplary personal service where the customer and traditional values still count
The Association of Small Direct WineMerchants (ASDW) was formed, as the name implies, by a group of British independent small Wine Merchants directly selling to the general public via mail order and the internet.
Our Association was founded in mid-2005 with
the original purpose of lobbying against the iniquities of the Licensing Act
2003, and the damage it does to small businesses such as ours. However, since
these early days it has become apparent that there is much to be gained through
mutual co-operation amongst such businesses, and the ASDW is moving on from its
lobbying roots.
There is now an active core membership who are engaged in planning tasting
events and member support in 2006.
A major development is currently being
negotiated which will generate substantial support benefits as well as a range
of business discounts such as credit card merchant fees and UK couriers.
We are also planning tasting events during 2006, a fully-featured website which
will act as a shop window for our offering to the public, and as a gateway to
our own websites.
The ASDW is run by ASDW members for ASDW
members, on a non-profit basis.
We would be very happy to welcome you into the
ASDW subject to your meeting our entrance criteria, which are:-
(a) you should be a Personal Licence holder
(b) you should be the proprietor of a trading or soon-to-trade wine merchants
selling to the public by mail order/internet
(c) an existing member should propose you - this will not be a problem if you
meet the other criteria - and you be accepted by the membership.
We have just introduced a modest subscription charge of £75 per member business
for calendar 2006 which includes WSTA membership benefits. We all feel this is a small price to pay for the benefits
that ASDW membership will bring to member firms.
Once a member, you will have access to our website forum, where a wide variety of issues associated with the wine business are discussed by members.
For further information or to join
ASDW
contact:
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Warren Edwardes, Chairman ASDW, c/o Wine for Spice Limited
t: +44 (0) 20 7724 4606 m: +44 (0) 794 191 6328
Nick Dobson, Secretary ASDW c/o Nick Dobson Wines Limited
t +44 (0) 118 9771545 m: +44 (0) 7799 661694