Naked Wines

For 10 days every summer, our winemakers swap their vineyards for the motorway 🍷 🛣️ They leave behind the vines, the cellar, the early mornings, and the grape-stained everything – and they get on a bus. Destination: you. The Naked Wines Tasting Tour is our annual tradition of doing something the wine world almost never does: putting the people who make the wine in the same room as the people who drink it. This year, 30 winemakers are flying in from across the globe to pour their best stuff at venues across the UK. And if you've ever stood in a wine aisle feeling quietly overwhelmed – this is the antidote. No stuffy tasting etiquette. No wrong answers. Just wine, the stories behind it, and a room full of people who are there to enjoy themselves. Because honestly? The winemakers love it as much as anyone. Hearing that you served their Sauvignon at your wedding, or that their Malbec is your Friday night staple – that's the whole reason they get on the bus. You don't have to be a Naked Wines member to come along. Bring your partner, your best mate, your colleague who claims they "don't really drink wine" (they will by the end of the night). Tickets are £35. Grab yours via the link in the comments.🍷

For over a decade, the Naked Wines community has been the heartbeat of Carmen’s Kids. Through donations from our customers, winemakers and staff, we've we’ve raised more than £3.5million since 2016 to keep winemaker Carmen Stevens’ school kitchens open – feeding over 100,000 hungry children. It’s an incredible legacy, proving that our community has the power to change lives. Our 2026 fundraiser is now open and, once again, Carmen is counting on our support. Every single donation matters – whether you give a little or a lot. It costs just £27 to feed a child for an entire school year. But even a £1 donation will make a very real difference to these kids' lives. Can you help us give them hope for a brighter future? Donate here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eT2pFR-m

A proud moment for the team behind our social comments and DMs. We’ve been named a 2026 Emplifi Excellence Award winner for Completeness in Care 🏆 This award recognises teams handling high volumes of customer conversations with speed, empathy and consistency. Our Customer Happiness team sit at the heart of our social channels. They know our Angels, they solve real problems, and they take the time to get it right. That’s what makes this one special. #EmplifiExcellenceAwards #CustomerExperience

Our VP of Wine, Lucy, and Head of Wine Buying, Toby, recently traveled to New Zealand, and they're still processing everything they saw, tasted, and learned. 🇳🇿 In their roles, they have the unique opportunity to travel the world meeting the independent winemakers our Angels fund. But this trip was something else. A few things that stuck with them: → Hawke's Bay is still carrying the scars of Cyclone Gabrielle, but Rod Easthope's Two Terraces vineyard is producing some of the most precise, site-driven Sauvignon Blanc they've tasted. → In Marlborough, Ben Glover's sheep are literally doing the leaf-stripping in his organic vineyard. Smart, sustainable, and slightly surreal. → Dom Maxwell in Waipara is fermenting with wild yeast captured from his own vineyard. The kind of detail that doesn't make the label but makes all the difference in the glass. One of the biggest takeaways: so much of what makes New Zealand wine special is built on deep, long-term relationships between winemakers and growers and the partners behind the scenes who keep it all running. A big thank you to each of the winemakers for allowing Lucy and Toby to see into your world for a bit. Watch Lucy's recap to come along for the ride.

If you’re going to talk about winemakers every day, you should probably meet them.... That’s why, twice a year, we send some of our team to visit winemakers around the world. 🍇✈️ It’s part of our Noticeably Naked Awards. Every month, teammates nominate colleagues who truly live our values, no matter their role. The winners don’t just get recognition. They get the chance to visit the winemakers at the heart of our business. Our latest crew have just returned from Slovenia and Italy, where they spent time with winemakers like; Paolo Sacchetto, Franc Dusak, Antonio Fattori and Mirko Sella (to name a few). Why do we do it? 🍷 First, to celebrate the people who bring our business to life every day. 🍷 Second, to protect what makes our model work. The people who represent our winemakers should know them personally. 🍷 Third, because staying close to the source matters. Sharing a glass in the vineyard builds a level of understanding you simply can’t replicate over email. 🍷 And yes, we do it to taste wine… ideally in the place it was made. Independent winemaking is built on people. So is our business. It’s one of the ways we make sure the people behind the wine stay connected to the people representing it and, ultimately, to the customers who back them.

It’s official. Prosecco is now the top-selling sparkling wine in the world, overtaking Champagne 🍾🥂 So it felt like the right moment to introduce you to our very own King of Prosecco – Paolo Sacchetto. The Sacchetto family have been making some of Italy’s most loved wines for nearly 100 years. And like his dad and grandad before him, Paolo has been crafting divine fizz since he grew out of short trousers. This is a proper family operation. Siblings and cousins dotted across the vineyard and winery. And Paolo’s dad, Filiberto – now in his 80s – is still turning up for work every day. You can’t buy that kind of experience. The family live and work in the heart of Prosecco country, in the Treviso Hills of northern Italy. Its sacred ground for sparkling wine, and it shows in every bottle. If your only experience of Prosecco is the supermarket kind, this will be a revelation. Because what Paolo makes isn’t just wine… it’s a lifetime of knowledge, pride, and care, passed down through generations. This is exactly why our community model matters. Our customers don’t just drink Prosecco. They back families like Paolo’s. Independent winemakers. Real places. Real people. And that’s why this Prosecco tastes like the real deal.

We get it. It’s cold, dark, and a bit miserable out there. Which can make getting outside, getting fresh air, and getting moving feel like a stretch. That’s exactly why, at Naked Wines UK, we run our Get Active Challenge using Strava – to give ourselves a gentle nudge to get outside and get active together. And this year marks a milestone: 2026 is the fifth year we’ve run it. 🥳 The rules are simple. Once a week, choose one: • Walk 5km+ • Run 5km+ • Cycle 15km+ • Swim 1km Complete a challenge and earn 30 minutes of extra annual leave. Over 10 weeks, that’s up to 5 hours of bonus holiday – just for moving your body 💪 . Three weeks in, and the team has already: • Completed 185 activities • Earned 92.5 hours of annual leave Not bad for January motivation. Huge shoutout to the Naked UK team for getting stuck in – whatever the weather. 👟🚶♀️🚴♂️

When we say we have the best customers and staff in the world, this is what we mean 👇 Over the past week, devastating bushfires have torn through parts of Victoria, Australia –  impacting the communities of our winemakers Sam Plunkett and Nina Stocker. Homes were threatened. Farms were lost. Livelihoods shaken. And immediately, people stood up. Neighbours drove towards danger. Volunteers worked through the night. Local communities showed up with whatever they had; tools, food, water, time. And across the world, our Angel customers lived up to their name – asking the same simple question: 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥? We’ve been working closely with Sam and Nina to support their communities in the ways that matter most right now. That meant acting quickly – so we sent $10K to help meet urgent needs on the ground – and listening carefully to where support is needed most as the situation continues to unfold. Not because it looks good. Not because it’s easy. But because this is what Naked Wines has always been about. Independent winemaking has never meant standing alone. It’s built on people. On backing each other… again and again. This is Naked at its best. Customers, winemakers, and staff connected by something bigger than wine. Our thoughts are with everyone affected, and we’ll continue to stand alongside Sam, Nina, and their communities as the recovery continues. Thank you to everyone who has shown up to support them already.

Turns out Santa isn’t the only one keeping a Naughty and Nice List this year… As 2025 wraps up, our winemakers have been taking a moment to look back on the year they’ve just had. Their Nice List was pretty full: • All of you who donated to Carmen Stevens' school food programme, helping feed thousands of children who need it most. • Over 7,000 customers backing communities affected by devastating wildfires in the Corbières. • Everyone who bought a bottle and helped keep independent winemakers doing what they do best. The Naughty List? Sadly, no shortage there either. • Tariffs that pushed shipments into 2026. • Wildfires tearing through vineyards just before harvest. • Duty hikes no one asked for. • And frosts that wiped out half a vineyard overnight. Through it all, one thing stayed the same: our customers. Showing up, backing winemakers, and proving that better wine really does start with the people who drink it. From all of us at Naked, Merry Christmas. 🍷🎄