As an introduction
To cut a long story short, Paul Boutinot was born into the business due to the fact his parents had been restaurateurs since the 1950’s. By the late 1970’s he was sourcing French wines for the family restaurant and founded ‘Boutinot’ as a wine company in 1980.
Paul’s aim was to find interesting wines from up and coming producers which would excel at their price on any restaurant list. Today we list over 800+ such wines for our restaurant customers and more than thirty years on, this philosophy still remains.
We’ve never been one to blow our own trumpet but when others are determined to blow it for us … what can you do? The Sommelier Wine Awards 2011 saw Boutinot take the Wine Merchant of the Year title for the 3rd year running and we received a glowing endorsement from Competition Director and Imbibe Magazine Editor, Chris Losh…
“Well, the team at Boutinot has done it again ... hit rate of medals to entries was phenomenally high – higher than many merchants who entered only a dozen wines. Phenomenally strong in all the staples of the wine list, the vast majority of medals came from France, Italy, Spain and ‘Essentials’ like Sparkling Wine and, particularly, House Wine, where Boutinot’s performance was astonishing ...
... and, crucially, when the Boutinot wines are good, they’re very good. Nobody picked up anywhere near as many extra awards: two wines on the By The Glass list, four Food Match winners and four Critics’ Choice awards was an exceptional effort.”
Our commitment to and understanding of the restaurant sector is as strong now as it was when Paul started the business more than thirty years ago.
Please contact us if we can assist with your wine list, we would be delighted to offer our help and advice.
Thanks.
Danny Spencer
Sales Director
PS: We've recently made some major changes to the web site (and have some more in the pipeline) and so if you have any comments or feedback please email webstuff@boutinot.com. At the end of the day, it's all for you.
