Wine manager for United Wines, Ciaran Meyler, who has been in the trade for more than 30 years Anyone who drinks wine in Northern Ireland has probably had a glass of McGuigan’s in their hand at one time or another. Although there aren’t any official figures to cite as proof, it’s without doubt the most popular wine in the country. But just how popular will probably astonish you.
In a land of roughly 1.5m adults, 20pc of whom never touch alcohol, the company that distributes McGuigan’s here, Craigavon-based United Wines, sells more than 1.1m bottles a year.
That’s around 21,000 bottles every week. Just in Northern Ireland..