READ MORE: <\/strong> Final Brexit deal will unleash prosperity but it depends on Gibraltar’s election<\/strong><\/p>\n It is hoped that the changes will help with exports and push British wine into the home market.<\/p>\n The reforms include removing expensive and cumbersome packaging requirements.<\/p>\n The sector wants to end the EU’s mandatory requirement for certain sparkling wines to have foil caps and mushroom-shaped stoppers.<\/p>\n This will reduce unnecessary waste and packaging costs for businesses.<\/p>\n Producers will also be able to adapt bottle sizes and shapes with out-of-date rules regulating this will be dropped.<\/p>\n It could mean a return to the pint of sparkling wine bottles beloved by Winston Churchill.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n The Government will also remove the requirement for imported wines to have an importer address on the label to help create frictionless trade.<\/p>\n Further reforms will also give producers more freedom to use hybrid varieties of grapes banned by the EU.<\/p>\n This will enable growers to choose the variety that works best for them and reduce vine loss due to disease or climate change, while also providing greater choice to consumers.<\/p>\n Mr Spencer said: “We have a diverse and dynamic wine sector here in the UK – but for too long our producers have been held back by red tape inherited from the EU.<\/p>\n “The reforms we’ve announced scrap outdated and burdensome rules so that our wineries, vineyards and traders can continue to innovate and help grow our economy.”<\/p>\n Miles Beale, Chief Executive of the UK\u2019s Wine and Spirit Trade Association said: “Removing the restrictive rules on importer labelling will significantly reduce the post-Brexit impact of having to have a unique UK label.”<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/Mark-Spencer-5016229.jpg?r=1697550186403\")
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