Quaff Fine Wine Merchant

Quaff Fine Wine Merchant Our two shops offer an excellent range of fine wines, craft beers and tasting events. We don’t have a regional speciality. Come and try us out.

Quaff Fine Wine Merchant was founded in 2005 as the brainchild of Toby Peirce. Toby's early adulthood was spent playing professional cricket, and this took him to Stellenbosch in South Africa in the English winters. Here he played cricket, coached schoolchildren, met his wife, and drank an intemperate amount of wine with the sporting sons of local producers and growers. This inevitably led to a ca

reer in wine when cricket finished, and Toby worked for a UK-based agent for a leading Champagne house, selling to the likes of everyone from Gordon Ramsay to Tesco. Having gleaned enough from this experience to set out on his own, he opened the first Quaff in Portland Road, Hove in 2005. The second shop was opened in early 2010 in partnership with Ronnie Janssen who has been immersed in the wine trade since he turned 18, having worked for the likes of Moet et Chandon, Lanson, Penfolds, and Lapostolle where he currently works. Nowadays we supply our customers with wines, mostly from small producers, that they won’t find in other shops. We don’t try to be overtly organic or biodynamic, although we find that a lot of our wines by coincidence tend to be made with less intervention in the winemaking process, and are thus more ‘natural’. Our aim is that regardless of style, region, colour or price point, we are offering you the best product available. We taste hard and often to ensure this is so. Each wine should be an archetype of that style; typical of the region, the vintage and showing the passion of the producer. We offer what we consider to be benchmark examples so that you are safe in the knowledge that what you are drinking is as it should be. The vast majority of our work is done by listening carefully to you, the customer, and making a recommendation accordingly, and we take this skill as seriously as selecting the wines themselves.

Bank holiday weekend can only mean one thing, our pop-up wine bar is back!
18/05/2026

Bank holiday weekend can only mean one thing, our pop-up wine bar is back!

Bernard from Black Books knew what he was talking about: “Old wine is good wine.” And thankfully, our shelves agree. 🍷 F...
13/05/2026

Bernard from Black Books knew what he was talking about: “Old wine is good wine.” And thankfully, our shelves agree. 🍷

Freshly arrived and ageing like absolute legends: a classy duo of Bordeaux — Chateau du Tertre 2008 and Chateau Batailley 2006 — plus a stunning 2010 Hermitage from Ferraton, quietly stealing the spotlight from its flashier neighbours.

So gets the kids to bed quickly, get that corked pull and enjoy…

15/04/2026

One of our most popular events, the Pop-up Wine Bar, is coming back soon!
The first one of this year will be on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd of May.
Midday to 10pm, no need to book😉

There will be two sparkling, two whites and two reds on the regular 'by the glass' menu.
Plus, lots of exciting interesting new wines will be on the specials board.

Come to have a glass or two with us!🥂





Lost Pier AF Nitro Stout Free Pour tastingYes, it's 5-6pm today!🍻Come along and help us welcome one of Brighton's top br...
10/04/2026

Lost Pier AF Nitro Stout Free Pour tasting
Yes, it's 5-6pm today!🍻

Come along and help us welcome one of Brighton's top breweries as they present their alcohol-free nitro stout.
With that iconic Irish stout gaining global attention once again, this alcohol-free version offers a brilliant alternative.

This is a free event, just turn up and enjoy!

27/03/2026

Our next Cheese & wine tasting is just around the corner.
This time will be Italian cheese & wine!

There are very few tickets left. Book yours asap if you love 🇮🇹



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Day 5 of our festive wine bonanza highlights a robust Pauillac. Lynch-Moussas’ offering is wonderful, especially at 20% ...
17/12/2025

Day 5 of our festive wine bonanza highlights a robust Pauillac. Lynch-Moussas’ offering is wonderful, especially at 20% off, great with roast beef.

Address

139-141 Portland Road
Hove
BN35QJ

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 8pm
Tuesday 10am - 8pm
Wednesday 10am - 8pm
Thursday 10am - 8pm
Friday 10am - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 8pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm

Telephone

+441273820320

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