Wednesday, 25 March, 2026
The Drinks Business, James Bayley
WineGB has released its 2025 harvest report together with the revised 2026 Green Book as vineyards across the British Isles enter a new growing season.
The harvest report, authored by Stephen Skelton MW, draws on data collected through the WineGB harvest yield survey 2025 alongside other sources and analysis from the organisation.
According to WineGB, the 2025 vintage benefited from a notably warm and dry growing period that produced both higher yields and improved fruit maturity.
An early and dry spring brought vines into leaf ahead of schedule, while unusually hot weather in June and July helped accelerate ripening. The south of England experienced four separate official heatwaves during that period, creating conditions for what it describes as the earliest and ripest grape harvest recorded in the British Isles.
Production rises sharply
According to the WineGB report, UK production in 2025 recorded a 39% increase in harvest volume compared with 2024, the improvement was attributed to favourable weather conditions and the absence of significant disease pressure during the growing season.
Quality indicators in the report point to strong ripeness levels in the harvested fruit; growing degree days reached 1051 in 2025 compared with the five-year average of 1008…
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