A month in wine
Tariffs: Brexit latest, US suspension plea
From new Brexit duty-free limits to US tariff tension, January 2021 has reminded us how access to wine can be affected by shifting international trade rules. An 11th-hour Brexit deal brought some good news for the UK’s 33 million wine drinkers, said Miles Beale, chief executive of the Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA).
From Prosecco to grand cru Burgundy, EU wines won’t require the ‘much feared, costly VI-1 certificate’, he said. These forms, and accompanying lab tests, could have cost the trade £70m and fuelled price rises, the WSTA had argued.
A ‘simplified import certificate’ will suffice from
