Australia, then France, are the two countries that send most wine to Britain’s increasingly thirsty wine drinkers but the US looks set to overtake France according to sales figures assembled by Nielsen for Off Licence News’s annual wine report.
SALES IN THE UK OFF-TRADE
(as monitored by Nielsen)
Country Market share Average price
2007/08 2006/07 per bottle
Australia 23.6% 24.3% £4.36
France 16.8% 17.8% £4.40
US 16.3% 16.2% £4.13
Italy 11.3% 10.5% £3.69
S Africa 8.1% 8.0% £3.78
Chile 7.3% 6.7% £3.85
Spain ...