A group of wine industry professionals demonstrated yesterday and lodged a petition at 10 Downing Street in protest of further tax increases on wine included in the upcoming UK budget.

Organised by Catherine Monahan, managing director of Clink! Wines, the protesters included about 50 members of the trade and consumer wine press, joined by several wine club participants and other civilians.

They marched, wearing t-shirts and holding placards featuring Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling’s face over the slogan ‘Darling, haven’t you had enough?’, and urged the government to roll the duty back from £1.57 to £1 a bottle.

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Maggie Rosen
Maggie Rosen
Decanter Magazine, Wine Writer & Editor

Maggie Rosen is a wine journalist, editor and author, hailing from New York but based in London. Aside from Decanter, she has contributed to the Financial Times, The Drinks Business, Harpers Wine and Spirit Weekly, The Wall Street Journal, The World of Fine Wine and Meininger's Wine Business International. She is also a member of the Circle of Wine Writers.