Whelehanswines
whelehanswines.ie
Whelehans Wines is an award-winning Irish wine and spirits retailer offering an extensive selection of wines, champagnes, cognacs, and Irish whiskeys with free shipping over €150. The store provides educational services including WSET wine courses and tasting events, positioning itself as a premium destination for wine enthusiasts across Ireland.
Performance Needs Attention
This store scores 35/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.
Products
923
+5Collections
502
+11Pages
49
Blog Posts
468
+3CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
70/100
Top Recommendations
- Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
- PageSpeed is 21 points below Food & Drink category average (56)
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 22 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#14908 / 16375
Faster than 9% of stores
Food & Drink Ranking
#1229 / 1334
Top 92% in category
Category Avg Performance
56
-21 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.7s
Slower than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
1.9s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.000
Cumulative Layout Shift
103ms
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
1.2s
First Contentful Paint
398ms
Time to First Byte
11.0s
Speed Index
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 1794 Food & Drink stores
#91 in Food & Drink
Top 5% of stores
293% above average
923 products vs 235 avg
Slower than 92% of Food & Drink stores
PageSpeed score: 35/100
+1 products
Over the past 6 months
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 1794 stores in Food & Drink
293% above average
avg
1376% above average
avg
172% above average
avg
917% above average
avg
Theme & Design
Theme Name
BespokeType
Custom / Bespoke
Tech Stack
Platform
shopify
Reviews Platform
judge.me
Payment / Finance
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
Added 5 products last month
11 months
Since Apr 2025
Top 10% largest catalog
Top 5% by catalog size
high
Strong content (468 blogs, 49 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Mature stack
Business Sophistication
Mature
Store Timeline & History
Aug 2025
Jul 2025
Jun 2025
May 2025
May 2025
Theme changed from [BoostTest] whelehans-wines/performance-work to latest version 26.05.25
Apr 2025
Apr 2025
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About Whelehanswines
Whelehanswines is a food & drink ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in IE. The store currently offers 923 products organized across 502 collections, making it larger than average for the food & drink category.
Theme and Design
Whelehanswines uses the Bespoke theme, a custom-built solution tailored specifically for this store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Whelehanswines achieves a performance score of 35/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 83/100 for accessibility and 77/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Whelehanswines uses judge.me for customer reviews and offers PayPal for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Food & Drink category, Whelehanswines ranks #91 out of 1794 stores we track. This places them in the top 5% of food & drink stores by product catalog size. Over the past 6 months, the store has grown its catalog by 1 products.
Last scanned
Feb 18, 2026
