Bottoms up! English wine is finally coming into its own (opens in new tab)

Higher volumes are being produced, so prices are coming down, and there’s a now a whole range of exciting styles to choose fromAs a fully signed-up member of the , I’m not especially nationalistic, but I’m more than ready to champion our best food and drink traditions. We can bask in a long history of winemaking – it dates back certainly to the middle ages and probably even to the Romans – which is now being seriously scaled up: in March, that 2025’s English wine production was up 55% on the ...