British Wine Vs English Wine

Think of red wine and one quickly thinks of burgundy the region in eastern france renowned for its exquisite dry red wines made from pinot noir grapes.
British wine vs english wine. British wine a type of cheap wine made from imported grape concentrate and bottled in the uk is proving a sought after tipple in times of austerity. The nation s vineyards are giving the french a run for their money. The first english wines were influenced by the sweet german wines like liebfraumilch and hock that were popular in the 1970s and were blended white and red sweet wines called cream wine creams.
So british wine can actually taste like a wine made in australia south america california or africa. Not very nice or romantic. Sadly however for english wine makers the mere existence of british wine has been and still is a recipe for confusion of the consumer shopping in supermarkets and off licences.
Monday november 09 2020 12 01am the times. Makers of english wines are worried that. If you had read the label carefully you would have seen that it said made in the u k.
Yet now a herefordshire vineyard has entered the fray having created the first british beaujolais which could be set to rival the french original. English or welsh wine for that matter is made from grapes lovingly grown in our own country and carefully fermented into wine with great care taken thought the process.