The UK wine trade needs to come to terms with the fact it is no longer the number one market for many international wine producers, according to Andrew Hawes, managing director for Mentzendorff. Whilst the UK still remains a vital part of the global wine trade, it can "no longer take as read" that every wine producer wants to sell its wines there, said Hawes. Speaking at today's Vinexpo exhibition in Bordeaux Hawes said more of his role was to explain to Mentzendoff's portfolio of suppliers the dynamics of the UK market and better ways for them to work there.