Sales at the Naked Wine business, which Majestic acquired in April 2015, rose 13 percent on a constant currency basis for the 10-week Christmas trading period ended Jan. 1.

Majestic has 210 wine warehouses across the UK as well as two branches in France, while Naked Wines operates across the United States, Britain and Australia.

However, sales at Majestic Commercial, which supplies wines to pubs and restaurants, fell 4.6 percent.

The company has been struggling due to mounting competition from discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl UK and online rivals offering cheaper wines.

Majestic, which logs about 30 percent of its annual sales in the Christmas period, said it was on track to achieve 500 million pounds sales goal by 2019.

The company said it would also accelerate sales growth in the medium term by increasing its investment in new customer acquisitions.

(Reporting by Radhika Rukmangadhan in Bengaluru; Editing by Amrutha Gayathri)