Popular pub chain Wetherspoon has axed all European wine from its establishments as Brexit looms.
Boss of the chain - Tim Martin - is an ardent Brexiteer and promised to stock more beverages from the UK and countries outside the EU before Britain officially leaves Europe in March.
And Mr Martin has made good on his promise ditching European products and concentrating on home-grown and further afield products - reports Mirror Online.
All European wines and fizz previously stocked across the chain’s 900 pubs are being replaced by bottles from the USA, Australia, Chile, New Zealand and Argentina.
A third of EU beers from the draught selection have been taken off the bar with Germany’s Erdinger, Denmark’s Tuborg and the Czech Republic’s Staropramen now unavailable.
Bolla Pinot Grigio and Freixenet, both from Italy, Faustino VII Rioja made in Spain have also been scrapped.
They have been replaced by Australian brand Hardys and the American Coldwater Creek who have four wines each, along with Villa Maria, made in New Zealand, Casillero del Diablo produced in Chile and Trivento Malbec, made in Argentina.
The wines and beers join a list of EU booze barred from the chain - last year Wetherspoon pubs stopped stocking Moet champagne and Italian prosecco.
They have been replaced by sparkling wines from Australia and England.
Mr Martin also stopped stocking Jagermeister from Germany last year, which was replaced by an English version called Strika - with the ‘Jagerbombs’ dubbed ‘Brexit Bombs’ by customers.
But Mr Martin has not yet been able to bar all European beers, with some - including Belgian favourite Stella Artois - remaining widely available.
Multi-millionaire founder Mr Martin, 63, a fierce critic of the EU, distributed 500,000 beer mats calling for the UK to quit before the 2016 vote.
He believes the UK will flourish with or without an EU trade deal after the country leaves.
Tom Stainer, of the Campaign for Real Ale, says the wider beer industry needs to consider its post-Brexit future and called for the Government and customers to back British beer.
He said: “Wherever you stand on the Brexit debate, we hope both the Government and consumers will support local brewers, producers and pubs during this time of uncertainty.
“Many of our tax rates for pubs and brewers are actually set at a European level, so we hope the Government will use Britain’s departure from the EU as an opportunity to review that system.
“In particular, we’d like to see a lower rate of tax applied on beer sold on draught rather than in bottles or can, which would help keep prices down at the pub and encourage beer-drinkers to head back to their local.
“We’d also like to see consumers celebrate and support real ales, ciders and perries, which are inherently British products.
“By choosing British beer and looking out for the British hops logo on your pint - which indicates the hops were also sourced in Britain - beer drinkers can actively support businesses close to home.”
A Wetherspoon spokesman said: “Whether people agree or disagree with Tim’s views, this shows he is a man of his words.
"This is just the start and over the next two years there will be more drinks available from across the world.”
