The Wine Cru - About The Wine Cru

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Fine & Vintage Wines for Life’s Most Memorable Moments

The Wine Cru is a family-run independent wine merchant and online retailer based in the south side of Glasgow. Founded in 2015 by Jonathan Mitchell, The Wine Cru brings together over 35 years of experience in hospitality, wine sourcing, and customer care. We specialise in curating vintage wines that celebrate moments, mark milestones, and build legacies.

What We Do

We help wine lovers, collectors, and gift buyers find the perfect bottle from a specific year or region. Whether you’re celebrating a birthday, anniversary, wedding, or retirement — or simply indulging in a fine vintage — we make it easy to discover and enjoy exceptional wine.
Our service includes:
  • Individual bottles for one-off celebrations
  • Part or full cases for collectors and special events
  • Personalised wine sourcing for meaningful gifts from specific years
Every bottle we stock has a story, and we’re here to help you find one that’s just right.

Our Wine Collection

Our portfolio includes hand-selected vintage wines dating from the 1940s onwards. You’ll find highly sought-after bottles from iconic regions, including:
France
  • Bordeaux
  • Burgundy
  • Chablis
  • Rhône Valley
  • Loire Valley
  • Champagne
Italy
  • Tuscany
  • Piedmont
Portugal
  • Vintage Port and other historic fortified wines
We stock red wine, white wine, vintage Champagne, and rarities from around the world — carefully chosen for flavour, provenance, and occasion.

Meet the Founder

Jonathan Mitchell, our founder, combines decades of hospitality experience with a genuine love of vintage wine. His gift lies in sourcing rare bottles that connect people with cherished moments — whether that's the wine from a wedding year or a vintage shared by generations.

Who We Serve

Our customers are wine enthusiasts, collectors, and thoughtful gift-givers with a taste for something meaningful. Many come to us for:
  • Special bottles to mark milestone birthdays or anniversaries
  • Corporate gifts that leave a lasting impression
  • Vintage collections to enjoy or invest in
We proudly serve customers across Scotland, the UK, Europe, and the Far East, offering secure shipping and expert advice along the way.

Where to Find Us

Visit our online store at thewine-cru.co.uk, or connect with us on social:
Have a question or looking for a specific year? Reach out:
📧 shop.thewinecru@yahoo.com
📞 07508 852080
“Wine is bottled poetry.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
At The Wine Cru, we believe wine should also be personal, joyful, and unforgettable.

Sustainability

Our aim at the Wine Cru is to bring you better vintage wine now and in the years to come. To do this we must make changes to protect our planet. To that end we, along with our partners are working to be more sustainable.

We are aiming to remove as much single use plastic as possible and our postal packaging is now made from 70% recycled materials and is 100% recyclable.

We will continually look at how we can reduce our carbon footprint.

 

As part of our continues commitment we are proud to support 9Trees.

Formed in 2018 by Michael Cunningham, an experienced habitat and business manager. In 2019 he was joined by Ash Kent, an experienced countryside and habitat manager. They now have a team of amazing volunteers who’ve joined them.

Their vision is to tackle climate change by restoring new woodland habitats, promote biodiversity, create jobs within the countryside sector and connect more people to nature.

They are a Community Interest Company, ploughing any profits back into good schemes, training and education.

Scan the QR code below to learn more and get involved.