Virgin Wines are a leading supplier of wine in the UK. They pride themselves on being straight talking. They don’t hype up their wines, as they say on their site, they are great believers of ‘stripping the sometimes pretentious wine twaddle’. They specialise in hand made wines, unlike many supermarket brands they do not entertain wines that are made in a factory as these can turn out bland and unimaginative. They focus on bringing you new and interesting products. They are also renowned for excellent customer service, they have personal wine advisers available for you to talk about your tastes and interests. If you don’t like a wine, Virgin Winess will credit the amount back to your account.
Minimum Orders
There is a minimum order on this site. If you are buying an individual wine, you must buy in quantitites of twelve or 13. If you are buying premixed cases they tend to come in 12 bottle cases. However, you can find some cases of three available on the site.
Delivery Times and Costs
Deliveries take place from Monday to Friday, between the hours of 7am and pm. Delivery time is fairly swift, pretty much every order is delivered within 7 days. The delivery charges for standard delivery is £6.99. This is for as many bottles as you wish, provided it is sent to one single address. You can track your wine once you have ordered it. Unlike many other sites, Virgin Wines delivers to remote areas that many other sites do not deliver to, or charge hefty additional costs. With Virgin Wines the same delivery charge of £6.99 is applied wherever you live, including the Scottish Islands, the Highlands, The Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.
Range of Products
Virgin Wines stocks a good range of products. It has plenty of bottles that you would not find in the shops. They offer wines from different countries across the world and offer a comprehensive range of grape types. You can purchase many types of wine including Dessert, Fortified, Red, White, Rose and Bubbly. They even offer a range of ethical wines as well as many award winning bottles. Virgin Wines believes no wine is better than another, it is all a matter of taste. Therefore it offers you a big selection of wines from many areas so you can expand your tastes, forget your prejudices and enjoy wine that you enjoy.
Types of Products and Price Range
The site offers many different types of products across price ranges. You can easily select Mixed cases, Red cases and White cases according to price category. You either choose budget (up to £5), Everyday (£5-£6) or Luxury (over £6). However, you will not find many wines above £40 per bottle. Wines the company offer are extremely cheap and they guarantee that if you find the wine cheaper anywhere else they will refund the difference. Virgin Wines has a selection of wine gifts, which make great presents for weddings and birthdays, you can also purchase gift vouchers in a range of values from the site.
Style and Usability of Site
The site itself is one of the most outstanding features of Virgin Wines. It is bright, colourful and very easy on the eye. It is easy to read and full of vibrant pictures which gives it a modern, fresh and fun look. It is extremely easy to navigate around the site. It is simple to search for the wines you require with a handy box in the corner of the page, so you can easily select according to price, country, colour, grape type and wine style. You can add your own favourites once you have an account and it is simple and easy to take part in Virgin Wines online wine auctions. The checkout is also fairly basic and so easy to use.
Purchasing
To purchase wine from Virgin Wines you need to set up an account. This is simple and easy to do. You can also sign up for a Discovery Wine Plan. This enables you to sign up and receive a package of great wine every three months. This means you can spend less time ordering and more time drinking! You can also use the Virgin Wine bank. If you choose this option, you pay a specified amount into your account every month, you can save this up or choose to spend it on wine whenever you like. Every three months, you get a free £20 put into your account.
