According to today's OIV figures, last year 106m hectolitres of wine were exported on the global marketplace.
There are 7.88bn people on the planet, so that works out at just over 74cl per person – one bottle for all of us, allowing for a small spillage. Nature is in balance.
Yesterday #UppinghamUpper6th enjoyed a wine tasting evening and an introduction to the OU School for Life Many thanks to Mrs Hunter for organising and hosting the event with #UppinghamLanguages staff and to OU Philip Amps of @ampswines for sharing his expertise #OldUppinghamian
Here's what today's Budget means for the drinks industry, courtesy of @wstauk. This is what we're dealing with from August 1. You know, on top of all the other stuff.
Our Chief Executive @WSTA_Miles, along with the Chief Executives of @beerandpub and @ScotchWhiskySWA, have signed a joint statement calling on the Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt to cancel the double-digit tax hike on the UK’s world-class drinks industry 🥂🍷🥃🍸🍺
#FairerDrinksTax
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Did you know that the Government's proposed alcohol duty reforms will result in price increases for 95% of red wines? It's unfair, unjustified and unnecessary - which is why we're calling for a #FairWineTax
A great read on page 2 of this weekend’s Financial Times about why Rishi Sunak ‘s proposals for a new way of taxing alcohol would a disaster for wine - more specifically, wine producers, retailers AND consumers in the UK.
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Meet our Top 100 judges: Philip Amps
"The most important wine competition any independent merchant should pay attention to. Wines only available to indies, judged by indies. Any wine in the Top 100 should be looked at very carefully by indies!"
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