About Us
Having begun back in 1986, we've spent the last 38 years fostering an unrivalled reputation as the go-to specialist supplier of organic wines, spirits, beers & more.
Founded in 1986, Vintage Roots is award-winning in the wine industry, including Green Retailer of the Year and our own label Hoopoe for Organic Initiative of the Year (both the Drinks Business).
We have always been fully committed to the UK’s organic market by finding the very best organic wines and drinks – we aren’t doing it just because it’s currently ‘trendy’ or ‘happening’. We have long-standing relationships with many worldwide suppliers spanning decades, giving us access to an extensive range of the very best products.
Over 550 organic wines and drinks, carefully chosen and tasted by our buying team
Many award-winning in both the organic and mainstream wine world
Wide selection of vegan and vegetarian friendly wines as well as biodynamic and no added sulphur wines
Direct from growers and winemakers worldwide
Our founders and directors
Both Neil and Lance are heavily involved in the business still on a day-to-day basis alongside the rest of the team – you can find out more about our story here.
Neil on Vintage Roots…
“39 years on, and I still get a huge buzz out of running Vintage Roots, there’s never a dull moment and I’m hugely proud of what we’ve achieved and where we are heading. I also don’t have to preach the benefits of ‘organic’ any more as I did with evangelical zeal in the old days (I guess I must have bored the pants off folk at parties!). People know what organic wine is all about nowadays; I’ve now got the confidence just to say ‘taste that’…” My 1st big break: “Dad showing me how to use the corkscrew!”
Lance on Vintage Roots…
“My 1st big break: “Either selling our first van load of 60 cases in the first two months of business – way beyond what we expected – or possibly selling about 2,000 cases of a red called Albaric (VPD du Gard) into Peter Dominics as it then was, in the late 80s…. it was a BIG deal way back then!”
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