Cambridge Wine Merchants are independent wine merchants with shops at Mill Road, Bridge Street and King's Parade, and Cherry Hinton Rd Cambridge, as well as franchises in Salisbury, Royston (Herts) and Ampthill (Beds), plus successful mail order and wholesale operations. We have won many awards including International Wine Challenge (the world’s biggest wine competition) top prize: “Merchant of the Year”, and we’ve been voted 3 times the UK’s No. 1 Independent Drinks Retailer 2010 2011 and 2013. THE FULL STORY Cambridge Wine Merchants was established in 1993 by two friends, Hal Wilson and Brett Turner, who met at Peterhouse May Ball in 1990. Sharing a love of wine, they wanted to work in the wine trade but didn't fancy working for somebody else, and so CWM was born. We started with one shop in Mill Rd, Cambridge, and have never looked back. Still owned by Hal and Brett, we’re now one of the biggest independent wine merchants in the country and we are continuing to expand, constantly looking for new shops both for CWM and franchisees, and forging ahead with our successful wholesale arm.