From this year, British drinks businesses have to pay an environmental levy whose cost remains unknown.

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It can take many years to add new health labels to the back of the bottle.

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An overhaul of the national dietary guidelines also tells Finns to eat more legumes and drink less coffee. Felicity Carter reports.

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The UIV is calling for a new proposal to classify the resulting alcohol as waste and to allow the terms “dealcoholized” and “partially dealcoholized wine.”

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From February 1, 2025, British wine drinkers will pay more excise duty on their wine than any of their neighbours in Europe.

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After years of discussion, the EU Commission has authorised an IGP for sparkling wine from the eastern French region of  Lorraine.This means that Lorraine now has four protected designations of origin.

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The European Committee of Wine Companies (CEEV) is calling for an EU policy that ensures the future viability of wineries, rather than cushioning their downsizing through subsidies.

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Many members of the industry want to position wine as 'better' than other forms of alcohol. Robert Joseph suggests that, for their efforts to be effective, we are all going to have to be a lot more honest and open about what we are doing.

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Robert Joseph notes that some of the world’s best known brands are now producing wines with 8% alcohol, a trend that’s going almost unnoticed.

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