{"id":21132,"date":"2022-08-19T08:46:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T08:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forecourtretailer.com\/?p=21132"},"modified":"2022-08-19T08:46:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T08:46:32","slug":"wine-sales-fell-in-2021-as-hospitality-reopened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forecourtretailer.com\/wine-sales-fell-in-2021-as-hospitality-reopened\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine sales fell in 2021 as hospitality reopened"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wine sales fell last year following the reopening of hospitality, industry group Drinks Ireland has revealed.<\/p>\n However the return to pubs and restaurants saw that trend reverse, with wine sales down 13% in 2021 as a result.<\/p>\n That brought wine sales to their lowest point since 2015, according to Drinks Ireland’s Wine Market Report 2021.<\/p>\n White wine remained the most popular type of wine in the country, making up 48% of the market.<\/p>\n Wine from Chile was the most popular in the year, though French wine was the only category to see its market share increase year-on-year.<\/p>\n Drinks Ireland has repeated its call for a cut in excise on wine, as it said more than half of the cost of a standard bottle of wine went towards tax.<\/p>\n “We are calling for a 15% decrease on excise on wine over the next two budgets,” said Jonathan McDade, director of wine at Drinks Ireland.<\/p>\n “As the cost-of-living crisis worsens, Irish consumers face the highest excise on wine in the EU.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wine sales fell last year following the reopening of hospitality, industry group Drinks Ireland has revealed. Wine sales had risen during Covid-19 lockdowns, as the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":21133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[4512,2570,2508,581,3611,4513,1854,4511,2054,2057],"yoast_head":"\n