As we welcome in the New Year, we take a look at what we think the trends will be for the coming year, and provide insights and recommendations on what you should be drinking in 2025.
Sustainability
The transition to sustainable practices in every aspect of the wine supply chain is ongoing and continuous. This is mostly due to climate change, wine-makers having a greater respect for their land and consumers becoming increasingly aware of their impact on the environment. In 2025, you can expect to see the wineries that haven’t made the change making it, and an increase in demand for wines labelled as sustainable, vegan or organic.
Evolution of English sparkling
The English wine category continues to grow and the area under vine in England is expanding rapidly to meet this growing demand. Silverhand Estate, the UKs largest organic vineyard, has just achieved certified carbon negative status. Chapel Down have recently appointed a new CEO to take the brand to the next level. The winery has 414-hectares of vineyards planted, which is 10% of the UK’s total. Domaine Evremond, Champagne Taittinger’s collaboration with Hatch Mansfield in Kent, launched in the Autumn 2024, having planted the vineyard in 2015, and the first release will be in Spring 2025. Certainly, exciting times for English Sparkling.
Adventure seekers
A growing number of wine consumers are becoming more and more adventurous with their wine choices and actively seeking out wines from emerging countries such as Romania, Greece, Lebanon, and Hungary. The wines from these countries, who have a long history of winemaking, are producing wines of superb quality and value from their own unique native grapes combined with modern winemaking techniques and creating impressive wines.
Regional Italy
Italy has always been a most fascinating wine producing country, with the sheer number of native grapes and diversity of geographical locations. Embrace the new wave of native grapes and regions coming from Italy. For white wines, check out the varieties Falanghina and Grillo, and for red wines, try Corvina and Frappato.
Mindful wines
Increasing demand for organic and natural wines will continue this year. Consumers are very conscious about their health, drinking in moderation, as well as the environment. Wine lovers are seeking wines that are made with minimal intervention and without the use of chemicals that can be harmful to the environment.
Zero alcohol wines
As consumer preferences evolve, the no alcohol category continues to gain momentum, and the quality is continuing to improve. We listed several new Alcohol-free wines in 2024 and will look to expand our offering in 2025.
Lower ABV wines
The demand for low alcohol wines has also increased along with that for zero alcohol options. Those traditionally low ABV wines, from cooler climates, off dry or medium wines, remain popular. We have also seen a new trend emerging of wines brands lowering their alcohol content (ABV) to take advantage of the UK excise duty system. (i.e. lower ABV = less duty).
