(Theecologist) - Certification is expensive and monitoring of ingredients can be difficult so it can be hard for consumers to make an informed choice about wine. Sophie Laggan takes a look at the options ‘We have over 250 eco-labels and over 50 product stewardship bodies’ for food according to Professor Alan Knight from the University of Cambridge. But alcoholic drinks are not subjected to the same scrutiny. According to Vinexpo and International Wine and Spirits Research (IWSR), the UK is the world’s largest importer of wine, with our total consumption of all alcohol set to top 151.5 million cases by 2014, which would have an estimated value of £9 billion. With the greatest market share, the UK should be leading the way in product labelling and carbon reduction. Yet very little research has been conducted on the environmental impact of wine.