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Under the current regulations, most wine needs to have an abv of at least 8.5% to be labelled as such in UK retailers and bars. There are some exceptions for wines produced in certain regions, which only need to have a 4.5% abv to be marketed as wine. Anything below that level must be sold as a ‘wine-based drink’, which has led to confusion among consumers. Those naming rules – which were inherited from the EU – do not apply to other drinks categories. For example, 0% abv and 0.5% abv drinks can ...

The launch of the 2022 Collection takes the total number of Last Drop releases to 27 since the company was founded by drinks industry veterans Tom Jago and James Espey in 2008. Tom’s daughter Rebecca Jago is now the company’s MD. This year’s releases include The Last Drop’s first Japanese whisky: a blended malt that includes whisky from the fabled Hanyu distillery, taken from the beginning and end of its brief lifespan (1980-2000), as well as malts from other unidentified Japanese distilleries. ...

Liv-ex indices for key wine regions on the secondary market have fallen in value this year, but the group said some wines still rose sharply in price in the first half of 2023 (H1). Château Climens 2009 saw the biggest price gains in the six months to the end of June, rising 84% to £1,213 (12x75cl in bond), Liv-ex data showed. Three other Barsac wines made the top 10, including two Climens vintages plus Château Coutet 2014, marking a relatively rare appearance for Bordeaux’s sweet wines on such ...