Poland: No hope for Polish wine?

At present there are approximately 400 wineries around the country and 52 producing wine from grapes grown locally - 17 more than in 2011-2012, reports Puls Biznesu.

This year, the first crop of vines were planted in a 20-acre vineyard in Baniewice (Zachodnio-Pomorskie province) by owners Zbigniew, Grzegorz, Jacek and Tomasz who received more than PLN 1.4 mln in funding from the region’s Operational Programme. The first harvest is due next year and it is hoped the wine will go on sale early 2015.

However, despite an increase in wineries, the consumption of Polish wine has only grown by around one percent due to unclear regulations.

“In the south of Europe where wine flourishes, winemakers can sell their products without bureaucracy ... if they are small winemakers they can sell as they wish. In the Czech republic the government waives export tax. In Poland we have nothing like this,” says writer and wine expert Krzysztof Fedorovich.

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