National Wine Careers Week is set to return for its second year following a positive inaugural campaign in 2025. The Careers Week is set to take place from 9-15 May 2026.
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Sussex wine producer Ridgeview Wine Estate has announced that it has been acquired by an investor consortium – QBRidge Ltd – led by Quantum Beverage Co (QBev).
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London Wine Fair (LWF) is approaching capacity on its inaugural Host Nation initiative, which was first announced in autumn.
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The UK’s longest established wine education provider, Plumpton College, has pledged £500,000 in fully funded training to support the English wine industry and mark its centenary year.
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UK wine trade association Wine GB has rounded off the year by announcing that the 2025 harvest was a “vintage of outstanding quality”, according to its voluntary annual survey of the sector.
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During harvest this year I posted a video on Instagram showing the ‘punching down’ of Pinot Noir grapes; within a few minutes I was asked by two different UK winemakers where the punchdown tool came from and how much it cost.
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When 67 Pall Mall first opened its doors in December 2015, even the most optimistic would be impressed by the growth of the fine wine private members club. The London organisation began with around 1,500 members, with this number having now risen to just over 3,800. Across 67 Pall Mall’s global membership – including sister clubs in Verbier and Singapore, and resident membership in Hong Kong – this number swells to almost 10,000. What better litmus test for shifting preferences among fine wine aficionados (and the wine industry itself, with 12% of membership drawn from the trade) than the frequenters of 67 Pall Mall? In its London Fine Wine Trends Report, the club presents the changing buying habits and personal proclivities of its London base. As Harpers discovered, new regions have risen, with some remaining resolutely popular.
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The Heretics was founded by long-time friends Gareth Maxwell (pictured, right) and Jimmy Hunter (pictured, left) with two goals – to make great English still wine and use the brand as a vehicle to share with consumers what inspires them – everything from music to design. On Monday (3 November) at Covent Garden’s thirty7 the pair shared their journey alongside their excellent wines.
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Trade body Wine GB has today announced the second edition of the Golden 50 Wine List. The 2025 list, launched in partnership with the Vineyard & Winery Show, highlights British wines that have won gold medals in 2025 across a slew of domestic and international competitions.
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Sussex winery Sugrue South Downs has announced a new group of investors including well-loved chef Angela Hartnett (pictured, centre).
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London Wine Fair (LWF) has announced a fresh initiative for the 2026 edition. Next year will see the introduction of an annual ‘Host Nation’ centrepiece, with the inaugural nation set to be the UK.
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English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber says it is expecting a top-quality 2025 vintage following a warm and sunny spring, then a hot and dry June.
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Wine GB’s board has been boosted with the addition of new members in Charlie Holland, Michael Kennedy and Gary Smith, while it has appointed Nick Wenman (pictured) as interim chair and Ruth Simpson as interim deputy chair.
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Talented winemaker Dermot Sugrue of Sugrue South Downs continues our summer Q&A series, musing on the importance of the English wine sector, the success of Bonkers and ‘the elephant in the room’.
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A recent visit to Black Chalk vineyard and winery in Hampshire’s Test Valley highlighted that a bumper harvest could be on the way for the English wine sector.
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Importer Mentzendorff has added Hampshire winery Exton Park to its portfolio.
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Hamish Graham caught up with Jacob Leadley from Black Chalk Wine in Hampshire to talk minimal intervention and why it’s ultimately all about the people.
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Wine GB’s Industry Report 2025 shows that vineyard numbers in England and Wales have risen by 74 to 1,104 over the past year. There are also 25 newly registered wineries bringing the total to 238.
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The challenges posed by climate change to viticulture are now well documented, with the likes of experimental plantings of Touriga Nacional in Bordeaux, or the flight of mainland Oz winemakers to cooler Tasmania, bearing testimony to the pressure on established varieties in their more traditional vineyard homes. And the UK – despite its cooler-climate island reputation – is not immune to such change, with both warmer and more erratic weather patterns affecting its vineyards.
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Global wine consumption is on a downward spiral thanks to a perfect storm of negative influences, from economic factors and health concerns to the moderate drinking trend and changing consumption patterns across occasions. According to the IWSR’s 2024 report, What’s Driving Wine’s Structural Decline, per capita consumption of wine in the UK peaked in 2009 and has been in decline since, “except for a small temporary boost during Covid. On a per-adult basis, the UK now drinks about 14% less wine than it did in 2000.”
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