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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rob Davies

Large English vineyards mark boom year as output and investment soar

A vineyard in front of a typical English farmhouse set below rolling hills
Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, Surrey, UK. Photograph: Greg Balfour Evans/Alamy

The largest English vineyards increased their revenues by 15% last year, as wine investors respond to the climate crisis by planting more vines.

While the UK still languishes well down the list of the largest wine-producing nations, below countries such as Uzbekistan and Tunisia, the industry’s output has soared in recent years, rising by 77% last year to 161,960 hectolitres, equivalent to 21.6m bottles.

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