Founded in 2019 by wine expert Stuart George, Arden Fine Wines brings exceptional and rare wines to discerning private and corporate clients.
With over 25 years of expertise in the fine wine industry, we offer the highest standards of fine wine services – sales, sourcing, and delivery.
Arden Fine Wines is a properly incorporated Limited Company and fully compliant with HMRC.
Stuart George – Founder & Managing Director
Stuart began his wine career 24 years ago working alongside the distinguished Master of Wine and Burgundy expert Anthony Hanson. Five years in client-facing fine wine retail sales were followed by winemaking experience in Friuli, northeast Italy, and in Provence, France, and extensive travel across the world’s wine regions.
A holder of the prestigious Wine & Spirit Education Trust Diploma in Wine and Spirits since 2000, Stuart has tasted vintages back to 1780. He was UK Young Wine Writer of the Year in 2003 before working with Hugh Johnson OBE at The World of Fine Wine magazine, which won several awards during his time there. Stuart was Image Editor and lead contributor to the best-selling 1001 Wines You Must Try Before You Die and Editor of the award-winning The Finest Wines of Tuscany and The Finest Wines of Champagne.
He is a sought-after wine show judge for his experienced and fastidious palate: Stuart has been the sole UK representative at the Shanghai International Wine Challenge; the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in Chile; the Austrian Wine Challenge; and the 21st Concorso Enologico Internazionale in Italy.
Authentication expertise
Integrity and competence is at the heart of everything that we do at Arden Fine Wines.
We have played a crucial role in protecting market integrity.
We have helped to expose major fine wine frauds and assisted in preventing fraudulent sales.
- In 2014, Stuart George helped to expose a Swiss-based counterfeit wine operation.
- In November 2019, he contacted a UK auctioneer to advise that a bottle of Pétrus 1990 being offered by them was counterfeit. The bottle was withdrawn from sale.
- He has also exposed dubious figures on the amount of fake wine in the market.
- In October 2024, Arden Fine Wines was interviewed by CNN about fake wines.
Awards and accreditations
- Winner of the 2019 Scuderia Ferrari Wine Award for “outstanding professional achievements”.
- 2020 Family Office Awards Wine Writer of the Year.
- Arden Fine Wines is a registered organisation with Friends Against Scams.
- Arden Fine Wines is an accredited business with Good Business Charter.
Our name and heritage
Our company’s name comes from the Forest of Arden, which once covered a large area of the English Midlands from Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire to Tamworth in Staffordshire.
Arden Fine Wines’ founder Stuart George was born and grew up on the Worcestershire-Warwickshire border in “Shakespeare Country”.
The Forest of Arden is the setting of Shakespeare’s play As You Like It.
“Arden” also evokes the former Champagne-Ardenne region in France, known for the eponymous sparkling wine.
The Forest of Arden was a symbol of deep roots and timeless quality – like the exceptional bottles offered by Arden Fine Wines.