{"id":7214,"date":"2019-03-20T13:46:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T13:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/?p=7214"},"modified":"2022-03-29T16:14:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T15:14:16","slug":"talking-wine-march-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/talking-wine-march-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Wine &#8211; March 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date entry-date published\" datetime=\"2019-03-20T13:46:30+00:00\" title=\"20 March 2019 at 13:46:30 Europe\/London\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">8 years ago<\/time><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1>Talking Wine &#8211; March 2019<\/h1>\n<p>Champagne sales to the UK fell sharply in 2018 which is either a reflection of the economy or because English sparkling wine is beginning to make an impact. Certainly 2019 will produce a bumper vintage and yet it would be wishful thinking to expect the prices to come down &#8211; which is a shame. At \u00a325 a bottle, sales would rise hugely and better known Champagnes could be knocked off the retail shelf. However despite rising costs, endless administration and transport costs prices will, at best, be kept stable. At \u00a330-35 it is still competing with serious Champagne and the cause of the English (and Welsh) winemakers is not helped by the ever increasing wine duty. The Chancellor chose to freeze beer and spirit prices yet again to help the local market but yet did nothing to help our grape farmers. What&#8217;s more sparkling duty rates are higher than still wine. Please give me one explanation why, in the modern era, this should be the case.<\/p>\n<p>So Mr Chancellor, extract a digit and support our industry. We impose these taxes &#8211; not the EC &#8211; so there is no excuse.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I&#8217;ve just been reading about a 10k run in some Moldovan cellars but I wonder what would be the longest possible run without going over the same ground in some of the champagne cellars. Does anyone care to let me know ted@oxfordwine.co.uk ?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_author vcard author color_link_inherit with_ava avapos_top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/author\/tedmd\/\" class=\"fn\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"post-author-ava\" style=\"font-size:96px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-96x96.png\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/div><\/a><div class=\"post-author-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/author\/tedmd\/\" class=\"post-author-name fn\">Ted Sandbach<\/a><div class=\"post-author-info\">Ted studied History and Physical Education at Loughborough University before teaching at Magdalen College School in Oxford for 7 years. He gave up teaching to follow his passion for wine and cut his teeth at Stevens Garnier in Wine retail. During this time he travelled extensively and took his wine exams including the Diploma \u2013 which he will admit is much harder these days! Frustration and ambition prompted him to start The Oxford Hamper Company in 1985 which by 1992 had metamorphosed into The Oxford Wine Company.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"8 years agoTalking Wine &#8211; March 2019 Champagne sales to the UK fell sharply in 2018 which is either a reflection of the economy or because English sparkling wine is...","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[100,79,80,148,22,23,24,21],"class_list":["post-7214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-talking_wine","tag-champagne","tag-england","tag-englishwine","tag-moldova","tag-oxfordwine","tag-talkingwine","tag-tedsandbach","tag-wine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Talking Wine - March 2019 - Oxford Wine Company<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/talking-wine-march-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Talking Wine - March 2019 - Oxford Wine Company\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/talking-wine-march-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Oxford Wine Company\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theoxfordwinecompany\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-20T13:46:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-29T15:14:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ted Sandbach\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheOxfordWineCo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheOxfordWineCo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ted Sandbach\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oxfordwine.co.uk\\\/owc\\\/talking-wine-march-2019\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oxfordwine.co.uk\\\/owc\\\/talking-wine-march-2019\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ted Sandbach\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oxfordwine.co.uk\\\/owc\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/429d0557e47aa59854a0f44e780ed621\"},\"headline\":\"Talking Wine &#8211; 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