Despite a disappointing start, sales at Majestic rallied in the nine weeks of Christmas trading.
Figures out today from the wine retailer showed there was a 1.2% increase in sales between October 30 and December 31 2007.
Tim How, Majestic Wine PLC chief executive, said there was a late spike in Christmas trading.
He commented: "A good December performance followed a disappointing November. Like for like UK sales for the five weeks ending December 31 2007 were up 4.1%."
Majestic saw 16.2 million profit before tax in 2007 - this marks the company's fourteenth consecutive year of growth.