Top 6 Wine Trends for 2025
It’s that time of year! Using the ‘Wine MODE’ tool*, our in-house insights team have analysed lists from a number of cutting-edge venues to predict early-stage trends for the year ahead.
From French Aligoté to Affordable Burgundy, read below for our Top 6 wine trends for 2025.
French Aligoté
Traditionally known for being a base for Kir, Aligoté is now benefitting from global warming, helping it ripen more fully and unlocking its true potential as a varietal in its own right. Analysis reveals it’s listed in almost 7 out of 10 MODE venues, and in 1 out of 10 by the glass offerings.
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Spanish Rosado
While French rosé has been a staple on wine lists, trendier venues are embracing ‘rosado’ from its neighbour Spain. Traditionally fuller bodied than the popular Provence pinks, drinkers are discovering rosado’s ability to be paired with more complex flavours in dishes. While Rioja rosado is the most popular, other Spanish rosados are growing in presence, like Basque Txakoli Rosé and Sumolls from Cataluna.
A third of tracked MODE venues increased their number of rosado listings, and it is now featured in 6 out of 10 MODE venues.
US Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignons from renowned Californian regions such as Napa Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains are featuring more prominently on MODE lists, featuring in almost 2 out of 5 MODE venues.
Italian Primitivo
Rich, velvety, intense flavours – Primitivo is synonymous with Puglia in the South of Italy. Talented winemakers in the region have elevated this grape to new levels of sophistication beyond a simple blending partner, leading to over 1 in 3 MODE venues featuring it on their wine lists.
Affordable Burgundy
While Burgundy has always been a staple on wine lists across the UK, MODE Lists are increasingly showcasing more affordable Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays from designations such as Savigny-les-Beaune, Hautes-Cotes-de-Beaune, Marsannay, Fixin, Maconnais and Saint-Aubin.
Over half of MODE venues have increased their Pinot Noir listings from Burgundy and 1 in 3 have increased Chardonnay listings from Burgundy.
Australian Chardonnay
Australia’s more restrained Chardonnays are featuring on MODE venue lists, typically from regions such as Margaret River and Yarra Valley. Australian Chardonnays feature in 6 out of 10 MODE venues, with Margaret River Chardonnay in at least 2 out of 5.
*Wine MODE captures wine trends as they evolve at the top end of the UK On Trade market. MODE harnesses expert qualitative analysis of the most up-to-date wine lists from a number of cutting-edge venues and uncovers early-stage trends which keep our followers ahead of the curve in the wider market.