Women Buy 80% Of Wine Sold In Britain... But That Still Doesn't Stop Men Always Grabbing The Wine Li

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• The survey of 1,027 people was done by the Women’s Wine & Spirits Awards
• Found that more than a quarter of women bought wine on average twice a week
• Proportion of British women buying wine is higher than in France, where only 70 per cent of all purchases are by women

But new research suggests that when it comes to buying wine to drink at home, women are making most of the decisions.

Canvassers sent to high streets and supermarkets found that 80 per cent of those leaving shops with wine were female.

Jilly Goolden, the wine critic and former co-presenter of the BBC’s long-running Food And Drink series, said: 'I think men assume they should know about wine whereas women just get on with enjoying it'

Jilly Goolden, the wine critic and former co-presenter of the BBC’s long-running Food And Drink series, said: ‘I can remember when women overtook men as the buyers of wine in the 1990s and it is interesting that the figure has now increased so much.

‘I think men assume they should know about wine whereas women just get on with enjoying it.

‘I’ve been in restaurants before where men who know nothing about wine have grabbed the wine list before me.

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‘I also think women have a keener sense of smell than men – perhaps to tell if a baby needs their nappy changed – and that is something very helpful to appreciating wine.

‘We don’t go to the pub to drink as much as we possibly can, unlike some men. That is probably more a blokey, beer culture.’

The survey of 1,027 people for the Women’s Wine & Spirits Awards found 80 per cent of buyers were women. Of those, almost a third were aged between 45 and 54.

The survey of 1,027 people for the Women¿s Wine & Spirits Awards found 80 per cent of buyers were women +2
The survey of 1,027 people for the Women’s Wine & Spirits Awards found 80 per cent of buyers were women

More than a quarter (28 per cent) bought wine on average twice a week, and a fifth (18 per cent) did so three times a week. One in 12 (8 per cent) purchased six or more bottles every week.

But women are not big spenders, with almost half (46 per cent) shelling out £6 or less on a bottle on average.

The proportion of British women buying wine is higher than in France, where only 70 per cent of all purchases are by women.

In apparent confirmation of Ms Goolden’s views, seven of the last ten winners of the prestigious annual Bollinger Medal for wine tasting have been women.

Rebecca Gibb, the winner in 2015, said: ‘When dining out, the wine list continues to be handed to my husband, who then hands it to me.

‘Men also tend to be more likely to collect and buy fine wines and, in my experience, they are more vocal in discussing the trophy wines in their wine racks.

‘There have been studies that suggest females of reproductive age have a more sensitive sense of smell and they are able to detect odours at lower concentrations.’

According to the most recent figures from research company Kantar Worldpanel, £5.5 billion was spent on wine in the UK in 2017, up 3.6 per cent on the previous year.

According to Wine GB, which represents wine producers in England and Wales, 5.9 million bottles were produced in the UK in 2017, of which almost 4 million were sold domestically.


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-Around one in 12 women (8 per cent) buy six or more bottles of wine each week.

-The most popular price per bottle is £5 to £6 (28 per cent) followed by £6-£8 (24 per cent).

-About a fifth of female buyers (18 per cent) spend less than £5 on average.

-Just one in every 50 women (2 per cent) spend an average of £10 or more on a bottle.

-Women’s favourite varieties of grapes are sauvignon blanc (23 per cent), chardonnay (12 per cent) and merlot (9 per cent).

-Their preferred country of origin is Italy (21 per cent), followed by France (19 per cent) and Australia (11 per cent).

By Ben Ellery and Peter Henn
January 19, 2019
Source: Dailymail.co.uk