european report

AS parts of Europe looked, from an October perspective, as though they are were heading towards a second Covid-19 wave, and a winter of partial, and possibly even national, lockdown, a saving grace, of sorts, for the wine industry is that harvest is all but over, and vines are heading into their dormant phase.

At top line level, European Union (EU) figures suggest that things might have been even worse. Data for the EU-27 nations from Eurostat (the statistical office of the EU) show that by August total retail trade, including the category ‘food, drinks, tobacco’ had recovered relative