Archive for category: UK

Schrodinger’s Millennial

Depending on who you believe, millennial consumers in the UK are either great news for the wine category or an unfolding catastrophe. Who is right? What are those millennials up to? The question rings round boardrooms and marketing departments…
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Press Release: English sparkling wine has experienced significant increases in awareness and consumption incidence in the last year, driven by positive PR and growing tourism offers

For immediate release: 2nd September 2019 BEGINS:  English sparkling wine has experienced significant increases in awareness and consumption incidence in the last year, driven by positive PR and growing tourism offers, according to the…
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Press Release: UK sparkling wine drinking population declining but becoming more youthful, with consumers choosing quality over quantity

For immediate release: 2nd September 2019 BEGINS:  UK sparkling wine drinking population declining but becoming more youthful, with consumers choosing quality over quantity, according to Wine Intelligence Sparkling Wine in the UK Market…

Fizz fight

Sparkling wine has had its own way in the UK market for a decade. Now it is facing serious challenge to its primacy from the gin boom and from consumers seeking to lower their alcohol intake, though the growing English Sparkling category is…

What does sustainability mean throughout the world?

Following our Global SOLA report, our recently published country specific mini-SOLAs for Australia, Canada, Sweden, the US and the UK examine ethical consumerism in the wine industry in greater detail Last month, we released our latest insights…

Still hanging

Perhaps it is now not Brexit itself that is the biggest danger to the wine category’s fortunes in the UK, but the economic consequences of a political system that has hit the self-destruct button In the prolonged agony of the UK’s…

Four reasons why UK consumers are drinking less wine

The UK monthly wine drinking population is shrinking, and those that remain are drinking less often. Our latest market report explains why 2018 has turned out to be another challenging year for the wine industry in the UK, with continued…

Vintage bubbles

The UK sparkling wine market appears to be settling after a rollercoaster decade where volumes have doubled and the drinking population has expanded by 50% While sparkling wine bubbles themselves are typically fleeting and fragile, the…

Consumer confidence with wine on the rise in the UK

Consumer confidence in the wine category is increasing, driven by the ‘experience economy’ and a growing engagement with the drinks category overall, according to the most recent Wine Intelligence UK Portraits 2018 report The number…