article_snippet: The warning comes after wine producers announced this week that wine producers are to apply for the name
article_snippet: ‘Sussex wine’ to be given protected ‘designation of origin’ status, putting Sussex in the same league as Champagne and Bordeaux.
article_snippet: The reputation of English wine has grown immeasurably in recent years, particularly in warm and sunny Sussex, which has similar soil and climate to the Champagne region of France.
article_snippet: Sales of sparking English wine are expected to hit £100million in 2015, following a boom in the number of vineyards in recent years.
article_snippet: In 2014 alone 46 wine producers opened in southern England, a 50 per cent year-on-year increase in new firms.
article_snippet: Writing in the trade journal the Grape Press, due to be published next month,