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About Cooden Cellars
Cooden Cellars is an independent wine merchant established by partners Colin Barnes and Ian Jarman.
Products and Services
We provide an extensive range of fine wines of character and distinction, all personally tasted and selected by us before offering them for sale. We have an extensive knowledge of the wines, the vineyards and the producers and also carry a number of quality wine accessories and an unrivalled range of presentation boxes and bottle carriers which are all on display in the shop. In addition to being available in our shop most of our products can be purchased on line through the shopping facility on this site. Most of our products are also available on a wholesale basis to restaurants, hotels, pubs and bars.
We offer a range of services such as selection and maintenance of wine lists as well as running staff, corporate or social wine tastings on different levels and themes. Our new Wine School offers a number of modular wine courses and our Wine Club provides specialised services for subscribed members.
Accolades
We are very proud to have consistently been voted among the best wine merchants in the UK. Amongst other things we have won a number of prestigious awards over the last few years:
- Small Independent Merchant of the Year 2005, IWC
- Regional Wine Merchant of the Year 2005, IWC
- Independent Wine Retailer of the Year 2007, OLN
We thank all those people who have helped us achieve these accolades, including, of course, all our customers and suppliers, but chiefly our estates and producers whose products grace our selection and make it so distinctive.
The Partners
Partners, Ian Jarman (left) and Colin Barnes (right), founded the company in 1997, originally intending to open a shop in Cooden Beach (hence the name), but eventually settled on their current premises in Eastbourne, which opened in May 2001.
Colin has been a wine merchant for nearly 20 years winning a number of awards as well as taking part in several wine and radio shows. "We are about quality service and the enjoyment of wine and hope we can make a unique difference to people's shopping experience."
Ian has been in the wine trade for almost 15 years and holds a Diploma from the Wine and Spirit Education Trust as well as being an Associate of the Institute of Wines and Spirits. "We want to build on what we’ve achieved and continue to add to peoples' awareness and enjoyment of wine whilst also working towards making Eastbourne in general, and Cooden Cellars in particular, a destination for wine lovers."
