Great News For Oenophiles (Wine Aficionados)

[retrocop]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1772725/Therese-Coffey-Wine-Brexit-regulations

Seems that the EU have been stymying our home grown vineyards with unnecessary red tape. Several hundred British vineyards can now prosper with a projected boost of millions to the industry. The wine lake we were promised but never saw as a fop to enter the EEC may be on our own shores without the jealous petty fogging interference from Brussels.
I recall years ago when vineyards took off here the products were pretty dire but I understand they are on a par with others in the world now. The Romans were growing wine vines in Porthcawl quite successfully after their invasion. I will be more than happy to give our British wine growers a try particularly if it helps our industry with a boost instead of stifling it. We have already proved we can produce a larger and better variety of various cheeses than France so two fingers up to Burgundy.
Bottoms Up . :-)

[Atheist]

Ms Coffey is reported thusly
"Speaking on Sky News this morning, Ms Coffey said the Government is looking at a variety of regulations, with wine currently governed by 400 pages of bureaucratic directives, still on the statue books after we left the bloc.

Ms Coffey believes many of these can be “stripped away”, saying the move was about taking advantage of the fact that post-Brexit the UK can set its own regulations and “get rid of the bureaucracy”.

“This should produce potentially up to 50p off a bottle of wine.”

“That’s a good way to toast the forthcoming summer and we’ll get on with the regulations as quickly as we can.”

It doesn't get me excited; it seems to be a vague non-story. I hope something comes off it, although I must say that here in France where I am at the moment, I can buy chateau claret for under three quid a bottle, and chateau Medoc under four quid.

[LadyCG]

My favourite fizz is English (Chapel Down).

[Atheist]

BTW, Retrocop, I doubt if 'we' have larger and better varieties of cheese than France. And why are you so touchy and rude about France? The ones I meet are all quite fond of Britain; many of them quite like the Royal pageantry, and feel sorry that we left the EU: none of them here is in the least bit bitter or insulting about the UK.

[Atheist]

LadyCG; are there any decent English reds? I say English because British means, I think, made in Britain using concentrated foreign juice. There may be Welsh vineyards.