According to a recent survey conducted by Wine Paris and Vinexpo Paris, 55% of wine merchants who took part in the survey posted an increase in sales last year.
UK grocery sales of booze rose 29% over the last 12 weeks, the latest data from Kantar showed, as UK consumers took solace in treating themselves during a hard winter.
Online wine retail might be booming right now, but bricks and mortar wine retailers still, and we hope always will, have an important role to play. Here are some of the best outside of the capital.