Managing director Daniel Griggs with well-known wine writers Oz Clarke and Tamlyn Currin Picture: Museum Wines

UK’s top South African wine specialist, Museum Wines, to open in Salisbury

Tait ap EllisAugust 20, 20250 Comment0

AN award-winning wine business is swapping the Dorset countryside for its new home in Salisbury.

Museum Wines has announced it is opening a warehouse store at Unit 2 of the Paxton Business Centre, nestling next to new neighbours, the family-run Pritchett’s Butcher.

The business, described as the UK’s top South African wine specialist, is aiming to open to the public in the first week of September.

Museum Wines’ managing director Daniel Grigg, who lives in Salisbury, said a key part of the move was to work alongside Pritchett’s Butcher to provide a “one-stop shop” for people to pick up high-quality meat and wine.

“Salisbury is my hometown, so it’s very exciting to be relocating there and working in the community where I live and am raising my children,” he said.

“There has already been a lot of local support and enthusiasm. However, the reason we chose to move there was that a unit next to Pritchett’s Butcher became available, and the synergy of creating a one-stop shop for sourcing your wine and meat whilst conveniently supporting two local, independent businesses was too good to pass up.”

The business was founded in 2004 and has spent the past 20 years operating from a converted barn in Tarrant Hinton in Dorset.

The shop will stock wines from all major wine-producing countries with prices from £8 per bottle and discounts for buying six or 12 bottles.

As a specialist importer and distributor, the business works with more than 30 wineries, offering both trade and retail customers quality wines at competitive prices, with only one link in the chain between them and the vineyard where the grapes were grown.

Museum Wines has six awards commending it for its expertise in South African wines, including Decanter (Best South African Specialist x3), International Wine Challenge (Best South African Specialist x2) and Harper’s (Top 50 wholesalers).

The business services trade accounts nationwide, with a diverse network of customers from local country pubs to Michelin-star restaurants and industry stalwarts such as The Wine Society.

Daniel added: “We’re looking forward to building relationships with new trade customers in Salisbury and will also be opening a warehouse store open to the general public at Unit 2, Paxton Business Centre right next door to our good friends at Pritchett’s Butcher.

“We intend to open to the public in the first week of September, pending any unexpected delays however everything is running according to schedule at present.

“There is ample parking at the unit allowing customers to conveniently park (for free) right outside and of course we offer a carry-to-car service to help them load up their purchases.”