Wine prices to rise by up to 20% under new tiered tax system 2025-02-06 The UK wine sector has warned of price increases starting in February 2025 due to the implementation of new tax regulations. The changes include an expansion of the tiered tax system based on alcohol content, along with an adjustment of duties […]
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04 April 2025By Eloise Feilden In the wake of the wave of global tariffs imposed by US President Trump this week, Eloise Feilden takes a look at which wine producers will be worst affected and the likely impact on domestic labels. President Trump announced a mass wave of tariffs on Wednesday (2 April). The changes, which will
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Written by Peter Harker and Lucy de Greeff 3 January 2025 It’s no secret that the UK wine industry is continuing to experience rapid growth, with some extraordinarily successful results. Popularity of vineyards in the UK The latest data from trade body Wine GB shows that there are now vines covering 4,209 hectares in England and Wales, a
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Known more for its industrial heritage than its vineyards, Hull could one day rival Bordeaux in the world of fine wine, according to a new report forecasting how climate change is transforming global wine production. The prediction comes from the first annual Fine Wines and Restaurants Market Monitor, published by consultancy firm Bain & Company,
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By JOHN SIDDLE Published: 13:22 BST, 27 April 2025 | Updated: 08:24 BST, 28 April 2025 It is famed for its puddings, peaks and moody moors – but now Yorkshire is bubbling up in the most unexpected of ways. Thanks to balmier British summers, ‘God’s Own Country’ has quietly transformed into the UK’s fastest-growing wine region. The White Rose county
Annual production more than doubles as office workers quit to snap up vineyards or blocks of land The UK’s booming wine-growing industry has been compared to “California in the 70s”, with annual production more than doubling to 12m bottles a year, according to a report. There has been a boom in the number of smaller
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VIN, the UK’s flagship French wine tasting event, is returning to London on January 16 and is the chance for UK wine buyers, wine merchants, importers and sommeliers to taste the whole of France in one room. Over 40 producers representing 45 French appellations are down to attend and the event will also see the
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Wine regions in Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, France, Hungary, Mexico, Portugal and the US have teamed up to form the Global Artisan Vintners Alliance. Martin Green March 3, 2025 Vineyard scene in Livermore Valley, California. Credit: Sanjay Vazirani / 500px via Getty Images The Global AVA is designed to help the wineries in each region overcome
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6th May 2025 by Richard Siddle The inaugural National Wine Careers Week is set to take place next week between May 12-18 in a bid to raise national interest and awareness of a potential career in an industry that currently employs over 400,000 people and is worth over £10 billion in on and off-trade sales and
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May 7, 2025 A new global wine company, Vinarchy, has been created from the combined assets of Accolade Wines and the Australian, New Zealand and Spanish wine businesses formerly owned by Pernod Ricard. The Pernod Ricard wineries were acquired by Australian Wine Holdco Limited (AWL) in April this year, to create what it described as ‘a
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