The hot, dry summer and an increase in vineyard planting resulted in the third-largest UK grape harvest
English and Welsh winemakers have reported a sharp rise in production, after the hot, dry summer in 2025 and an increase in vineyard planting resulted in the third-largest UK harvest.
The equivalent of 16.5m bottles were produced across the UK last year – or 124,377 hectolitres – according to figures from the wine regulator, the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
This represents a 55% increase on the volumes produced a year earlier, the result of favourable growing conditions throughout the season that delivered good fruit quality and yields not seen for many years.
It followed a sharp fall in 2024, when production halved to 10.7m bottles after high rainfall caused more disease in the grape crop.
