UK sales of sparkling wine and Champagne reached a record high this year with Brits buying almost £2.2 billion worth of fizz, according to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association’s latest market report.
The UK will introduce its own geographical indication (PGI) and protected designation of origin (PDO) schemes in event of no-deal Brexit, a government guidance note has revealed.
Wine producers in Britain will plant a record 1m vines over the next 12 months, allowing growers to produce 2m more bottles of wine a year in the south of a country not historically known for its
The number of wine producers in the UK reached 397 in 2016, up 13 per cent from 352 in 2016, according to research by accountancy group UHY Hacker Young.
