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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:

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  

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