Hotel du Vin is a luxury boutique hotel

Boutique hotel

Boutique hotel is a term popularized in North America and the United Kingdom to describe intimate, usually luxurious or unique hotel environments. Boutique hotels differentiate themselves from larger chain/branded hotels and motels by providing personalized accommodation and services / facilities...

 chain in the United Kingdom, co-founded by Gerard Basset

Gerard Basset

Gerard Francis Claude Basset OBE is the owner with his wife, Nina, of Hotel Terravina, a New Forest Hotel near Southampton in Hampshire, United Kingdom...

 and Robin Hutson.

History

The hotel chain was founded in Winchester

Winchester

Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...

 in 1994 by Gerard Basset and Robin Hutson who both previously had worked at the famous Chewton Glen hotel where Basset was the Head Sommelier and Hutson the Managing Director. The name "Hotel du Vin" was a reference to Basset's wine expertise. At the time Basset was a Master Sommelier, he went on to become a Master of Wine (1998). Subsequent hotels were established in Tunbridge Wells, Bristol

Bristol

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, Birmingham

Birmingham

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, Brighton

Brighton

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, and Harrogate

Harrogate

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. The chain grew to six hotels before selling to MWB Group in October 2004.
Gerard Basset has since gone on to become owner with his wife, Nina, of Hotel Terravina

Hotel Terravina

Hotel TerraVina is a boutique New Forest Hotel near Southampton in Hampshire, established by Gerard Basset and his wife Nina. Gerard co-founded Hotel du Vin with Robin Hutson. The hotel has 11 bedrooms, a large restaurant, bar and terrace and a swimming pool....

, a New Forest

New Forest

The New Forest is an area of southern England which includes the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in the heavily-populated south east of England. It covers south-west Hampshire and extends into south-east Wiltshire....

 Hotel near Southampton

Southampton

Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...

 in Hampshire, United Kingdom.

MWB Group Holdings still owns Hotel du Vin as well as the Malmaison

Malmaison (hotel chain)

Malmaison is a hotel brand in the United Kingdom. The group operates 12 hotels and is wholly owned by MWB Group Holdings.-History:The hotel brand was formed in 1994 and is named after the Château de Malmaison on the outskirts of Paris....

 hotel chain, the Liberty store in London and MWB Business Exchange PLC an office provider. Richard Balfour-Lynn is a major share holder and the Chief Executive of the MWB company. Robert Cook is CEO of Hotel du Vin and Malmaison. After MWB purchased Hotel du Vin, the company increased the size of the group by opening new Hotel du Vins in Henley

Henley

- Places :UK:*Henley-on-Thames, a town in South Oxfordshire, England**Henley Rural District, a former rural district in Oxfordshire*Henley-in-Arden, a village in Warwickshire, England*Henley, Suffolk, a village in Suffolk, England...

, Cheltenham

Cheltenham

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, Glasgow

Glasgow

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, York

York

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, Cambridge

Cambridge

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, Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne

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, Poole

Poole

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 and Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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. The Hotel du Vin group now operates fourteen hotels across the UK in university and cathedral towns and cities.

The latest incarnation of the du Vin brand is the Bistro du Vin sub-brand, which opened in London in early 2011.