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The Welsh Wine Industry
A staggering 1.7 billion bottles of wine are drunk in the UK every year. Wales produces a hundred thousand of them, not a bad harvest from our 21 vineyards. But could we be making more?
Over the border the industry is really booming - there are around 360 vineyards and English sparkling wine is beating the best Champagne in tasting competitions.
One grower thinks Wales could be become the next New Zealand - and there's certainly a market for it - UK drinkers spent £7.4 billion on wine at supermarkets and off licences last year.
But can you really imagine Wales as a top wine producing country.
Wales@work looks at whether it's time to get serious about the wine industry.
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