The Gang, who wrote in January 'Lea & Sandeman, with its four shops in London and very good website, is one of Britain's best wine merchants. No, let's go big on this and say Lea & Sandeman is one of the best ever wine merchants' is made up of five of the most discerning wine critics in the UK: Tom Cannavan, Jane Parkinson, Anthony Rose, Joanna Simon, and David Williams.

After our tastings this autumn, they have added "this independent wine merchant has strengthened its reputation for independent thinking in its selection of some of the finest quality wines available in the UK, particularly from France and Italy, and more recently with forays into the New World.... They rightly pride themselves on a handful of reasonably priced wines for everyday drinking, but what you do go (to Lea & Sandeman) for is reliability and quality at the highest level.

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