English Wine Producers

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English Wine Producers (EWP) is the association of English and Welsh winemakers. It includes more than 170 of the approximately 300 British wine producers . They have a planted area of ​​1884  hectares (as of the end of 2015) and achieve an average total annual production of 4.45 million bottles.

The proportion of sparkling wine is around two thirds. Although the community calls itself the Association of English Wine Producers - to which seven Welsh companies are affiliated - which only process their own agricultural products, a clear distinction must be made from British wine, which can also process imported grapes or grape juice concentrate. The total production averages 3.8 million bottles, but fluctuates strongly from year to year. In the last five years the production was: 2010 4 million, 2011 3 million, 2012 1 million, 2013 4.5 million and 2014 6.3 million bottles. All EWP wines bear a “Protected geographical status” logo, either Protected Geographical Indication ( PGI ) or the higher-quality Protected Designation of Origin PDO .

history

Adgestone Vineyard on the Isle of Wight

The association was launched in 2000 as a marketing channel for the wine industry. The association organizes the English Wine Week once a year - usually in the last week of May. Mike Roberts MBE was the founder and long-time president until 2014. There is also the United Kingdom Vineyards Association (UKVA), which, unlike the EWP, does not focus on the connection between wine producers and consumers, but rather on the connection between the wine industry and the governments in London and Brussels. The association has existed since 1990. The two associations work together on marketing issues and public relations.

Growing area

The production operations are practically spread across the country, with an emphasis on the traditional fruit-growing areas south of London . Specifically, there are 14 farms in Kent , 24 in Sussex , six in Surrey , seven in Dorset, 16 in Hampshire , three each in Wiltshire , Gloucestershire and Worcestershire , one on the Isle of Wight , five in Cornwall , and Devon and eight each in Somerset , four in Herefordshire , twelve in Berkshire , Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire together, 23 in the Midlands and the more northern counties, eleven in the region of north-east London ( East Anglia ) and one on the Channel Island of Isles of Scilly .

The two northernmost operations are north of York near the 54th  parallel (like Timmendorfer Strand ), the westernmost near Penzance . This northern location roughly corresponds to the extreme northern edge of the zone in Europe in which grapes can ripen at all.

Key figures

The three grape varieties Chardonnay (21.29%), Pinot Noir (19.51%) and Bacchus (9.11%) make up about half of the yield . Other important varieties are Seyval Blanc , Reichensteiner , Pinot Meunier , Müller-Thurgau , Madeleine Angevine and Rondo (GM 6494/5) . All other of the approximately 60 grape varieties permitted each make up less than 3 percent of the cultivation area (as of August 2012). The ten most cultivated grape varieties occupied an area of ​​1139.83 ha in 2011, which represented a share of almost 80 percent. Other permitted varieties, each with less than 1.5 hectares (corresponds to 1 per thousand of the total area), are: Zweigelt, Madeleine Sylvaner, Gamay, Optima, Albalonga, Gewurztraminer, Villaris, Findling, Cabernet Franc, Chasselas, Perle, Marechal Foch , Bolero, Ehrenfelser, Cascade, Blauburger, Manzoni Bianco, Cabernet Dorsa, Blauer Portugieser, Elbling White, Senator, Dalkauer, Heroldrebe, Nobling and Jubilaumsrebe

Key figures for EWP producers
Variety mirror The main EWP wineries according to Hugh Johnson
rank colour Grape variety surface Proportion of [%] kumm. [%]
1 White Chardonnay 303.51 21.107 21.1
2 red Pinot Noir 278.09 19,339 40.4
3 White Bacchus 129.83 9,029 49.5
4th White Seyval Blanc 96.13 6.685 56.2
5 White Reichensteiner 81.37 5.659 61.8
6th red Pinot Meunier 57.81 4.020 65.8
7th White Müller-Thurgau 57.74 4.015 69.9
8th White Madeleine Angevine 47.31 3.290 73.1
9 red Rondo (GM 6494/5) 46.24 3.216 76.4
10 White Schoenburger 41.79 2.906 79.3
11 White Ortega 33.19 2.308 81.6
12 White Pinot Blanc 23.54 1.637 83.2
13 red regent 23.03 1.601 84.8
14th White Phoenix 22.80 1.585 86.4
15th red Pinot Noir 20.13 1,400 87.8
16 red Dornfelder 19.38 1,348 89.1
17th White Huxelrebe 17.32 1.204 90.4
18th red Triomphe 15.04 1.046 91.4
19th White Winning vine 13.73 0.955 92.4
20th White Solaris 12.19 0.847 93.2
21st White Marginal lands 11.92 0.829 94.0
22nd White Orion 9.75 0.678 94.7
23 White Auxerrois 9.31 0.648 95.4
24 White Kerner 5.74 0.399 95.8
25th White Kernling 4.92 0.342 96.1
26th red Acolon 4.65 0.323 96.4
27 White Sprinkler 4.50 0.313 96.7
28 White Sauvignon Blanc 4.40 0.306 97.0
29 White Flavoring 4.37 0.304 97.3
30th White Faberrebe 4.31 0.300 97.6
31 other 4.16 0.289 97.9
red Dark fields 3.00 0.209 98.1
red Leon Millot 2.74 0.191 98.3
White Riesling 2.40 0.167 98.5
White Gutenborner 2.13 0.148 98.6
red Merlot 2.09 0.146 98.8
White Scheurebe 1.91 0.133 98.9
without disclosures 1.62 0.112 99.0
red Cabernet Sauvignon 1.51 0.105 99.1
Surname place owner specification Ha.
Camel Valley Bodmin , Cornwall Lindo family SW, sparkling wine; w, rs 7th
Chapel Down Winery Tenterden , Kent Chapel Down Wines Ltd. SW w, rs, r, champagne; IT 10
Denbies Wine Estate Dorking , Surrey Adrian White SW w, rs, r, champagne w 106
Hush Heath Estate Cranbrook , Kent Richard Balfour-Lynn SW w, rs, r, champagne w, rs; C.
Nyetimber Pulborough , West Sussex Eric Heerema SW w, rs 104
Ridgeview Wine Estate Ditchling , East Sussex David Westphal (Cellar Master) SW w, rs 18th
Legend
SW = still wine
C = cider
w = white, rs = rosé, r = red

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Information brochure The Vineyards Map of England & Wales , 2015
  2. ↑ Legislation and Labeling , English Wine Producers (Eng.)
  3. ↑ a b English Wine Producers; The official website . (engl.)
  4. ↑ Our People ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Ridgeview England (engl.)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ridgeview.co.uk
  5. ^ What is the United Kingdom Vineyards Association? . English Wine Producers
  6. ^ Hugh Johnson : The Great Johnson , 19th Edition 2009, ISBN 978-3-8338-1621-5 , p. 606
  7. ↑ Grape Varieties (Excel table)