Britain central to global wine trade, say figures

Britain’s wine trade has more than doubled in the last decade, making it one of the most important countries in the world for wine, new figures released on the opening day of the London Wine Fair re-veal. The UK is now the world’s second largest importer of wine by volume behind Germany, and the second largest by value, behind only the US. It means Britain imports more wine per head than any other of the world’s top markets.