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Trends

Good news for consumers, bad news for producers?

February 13, 2012

A recent study by Nielsen shows that the 2011 trend of decreasing prices for wine bottles will keep going in 2012. If this is good news for consumers, it is bad news for producers who would like nothing more than reversing the trend.  But it will not be the case in 2012: According to Wine [...]

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Drinking Local in the US

July 29, 2011

Recently listening to a panel on drinking local during a conference, I was a little surprised by what I heard. Two main issues were raised among the panelists: – Price is the main issue: consumers are reluctant to pay more for local wines. One of the panelists got a few laughs from the audience when [...]

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When Bordeaux Welcomes Portugal Wines

June 24, 2011

Thanks to Christian Seely and Marie-Louise Schÿler of Château Pichon-Longueville in Pauillac, their guests enjoyed a wonderful Portuguese evening during Vinexpo. Château Pichon-Longueville belongs to Axa Millesimes Group that owns also vineyards in Portugal as well as other vineyards in France and Hungary. When Christian Seely traveled to Portugal 18 years ago, he fell in [...]

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Women agree to disagree on wine

June 8, 2011

A recent survey conducted by Vinexpo on women and wine in United Kingdom, France, Germany, Hong Kong and the US showed that cultural differences are an important factor of differentiation in appreciating wine. What did those women agree upon? They usually prefer red wine over white wine. They are driving the sales for rosé wines:  [...]

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Trends to watch in the wine business

January 2, 2011

Instead of looking back at 2010, I’d rather look forward to 2011.  Of course, I am not a guru and I will not try to predict in what shape the wine industry will be in 2011. But there are a few signs of what we might want to look at in the next few months: [...]

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