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2023 wine duty changes in the UK & what they mean

2023 – 2025 WINE DUTY CHANGES & WHAT THEY MEAN This blogpost will be updated shortly due to changes in UK duty rates applicable from 1st February 2025 but you can see the new rates in the table below. If you have been burying your head in the sand recently you may have missed an upcoming important deadline for wine-drinkers – 31st July 2023 – after which, despite much lobbying by the drinks industry and despite the government’s stated desire to control inflation, higher rates of duty will be applied to most still wines. THE 2023 CHANGES IN DUTY ON WINE IN THE UK From 1st August 2023 it is estimated that 90% of still wine will see duty rise by at least 9% from its current level of duty – £2.23 per bottle. Duty on a fairly average 13% ABV bottle of wine will increase by 20% to £2.67 and for still wine with 15% ABV the rise in duty will be a whopping 44% to £3.21 per bottle (these rates exclude VAT which applies to the duty charged as well as to the wine itself). Fortified wines like port