50 Best Indies 2026 ranking: 29-21 revealed

By Harpers Editorial team

Published: 07 January, 2026

This week marks the release of our 50 Best Indies 2026 results, celebrating the leading wine and spirits merchants from across the UK.

Once again, we are revealing the 50 Best in tranches of 10 this week, with 29-21 unveiled today (due to a joint 30= placing), via Harpers' YouTube channel, where five-minute recordings of the results are being released at 11am each day, until Friday 9 January, when we unveil the filming of the final Top 10 announcements, recorded at a special lunch in London.

You can click here to watch the 2026 results, from 29-21, or go directly to our YouTube channel from 11am onwards each day, when the following 10 will be revealed.

Watch more: 50 Best Indies 2026 ranking – 40-30 revealed

The 50 Best Indies listing is one of our favourite features of the year - not least because of the vibrancy, diversity and professionalism found in the sector, driven by the people running and working in these dynamic businesses, along with the far-reaching drinks ranges that they deliver.

Whether traditional or modern, solely bricks-and-mortar retail or hybrid operations, small or multiple-sited, all businesses are considered equally by our judges on their individual merit, making a placement in the 50 Best something to be coveted and celebrated.

On that note, we hope to see you again tomorrow morning, Thursday 8 January at 11am, for the reveal of those at 20-11.

Congratulations from Team Harpers, and our sponsors, Champagne Laurent-Perrier and Walker & Wodehouse, to all who have made it into our 50 Best Indies 2026 so far.

Watch 50 Best Indies 2026 results – 29-21 unveiled.

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