The independent wine trade is fiendishly hard to get to grips with – discussions about its size, value and prospects have for years been based on guesswork and assumption.

Our annual reader survey has changed all that. The questions we ask have helped us form a reliable picture of how independents combine to form a credible, and growing, force in the UK market.

Once again our partner in this exercise is Enotria, which is supplying some pretty exciting gear for the prize draw of respondents.

If you’re a UK-based specialist independent wine merchant, with retail premises of any kind, click here to take this year’s survey. It will take no more than 10 minutes of your time and you can stay anonymous if you like.