liters
UK
All Alcohol Types
Beer
9.4
3.4
3.1
2.4
0.5
Wine
Spirits
Other Beverages
Wine consumption per capita
22.7
Alcohol consumption
Wine Price Index
(Liters of Pure Alcohol Per Capita)
Another European wine power without mass production, yet with a colossal influence on the wine world. Here, beyond the gastronomic context, it is worth delving into historical roots.
It was England that became the primary market for Bordeaux as early as the Middle Ages—thanks to its fleet and the English Channel. Later, it played the exact same role for Champagne. The dry Сhampagne category, Brut, emerged thanks to the British: it was their request, rather than the winemakers' initiative.
And what about today? Today, the United Kingdom has not only preserved its wine heritage in the form of powerful négociant houses and the largest secondary fine wine market, Liv-ex, but has also established itself as the global capital of wine education and the professional sommelier community. Yes, there is no mass wine production, but British sparkling wines are already making waves.
It was England that became the primary market for Bordeaux as early as the Middle Ages—thanks to its fleet and the English Channel. Later, it played the exact same role for Champagne. The dry Сhampagne category, Brut, emerged thanks to the British: it was their request, rather than the winemakers' initiative.
And what about today? Today, the United Kingdom has not only preserved its wine heritage in the form of powerful négociant houses and the largest secondary fine wine market, Liv-ex, but has also established itself as the global capital of wine education and the professional sommelier community. Yes, there is no mass wine production, but British sparkling wines are already making waves.
Natalia Noga
Sommelier
4.8
Index
