From 2022, wine shipped to the U.K. from the EU, or about 55% of all wine consumed in Britain, was due to require a so-called VI-1 certificate, which requires laboratory analysis of the wine to prove it meets certain regulations. The wine and spirits industry had warned this paperwork would have pushed up prices.“Cutting this needless red tape will place our businesses in a stronger position internationally,” Victoria Prentis, a minister for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, said in an emailed statement. “Consumers can raise a glass to great wine from around the world.”
After leaving the EU, the British government had initially decided to adopt the bloc’s VI-1 certificates, which are part of its health and safety regime. The decision to drop the paperwork follows lobbying from the wine industry, which hailed the move as a victory for British wine-drinkers.
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Marks & Spencer has beaten rum juggernaut Barcardi to be named the best pre-mixed mojito maker in the UK.
The upmarket supermarket s £2.10 version of the popular Cuban cocktail was awarded the top prize in a Which? taste test when it was tried against versions made by Barcardi, Asda, Aldi, and Tesco.
A hugely popular ready-to-drink tipple, it reached cult status in 2019 when then-shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott was pictured drinking it on London Overground - a breach of TfL rules.
While she apologised after the snap was widely published, the publicity from the story spurned a huge spike in sales of the tin, with M&S shops across the country selling out in the following weeks.
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