Two wine industry veterans are channeling research and leftover grape pomace into a superfood ingredient chocked full of bioactive compounds for gut and heart health.
The sparkling wine category in China is relatively small: but this could change with the rise of more affordable varieties, according to Wine Intelligence.
As US interest in South African wines grows, Chenin Blanc is providing a focal point for introducing more and more consumers to the category, according to industry body Wines of South Africa (WOSA).
Young Australian wine drinkers are developing wide varietal repertoires and embracing European varietals such as Tempranillo, Sangiovese, Gewürztraminer and Moscato, says Wine Intelligence.
Proud Pour was founded with the goal of engaging the public around an environmental mission: and chose wine as the vehicle to deliver its message. Having received positive feedback from consumers, the company is now preparing to launch a beer.
UK supermarket ASDA has launched ‘Progrigio’ – a mix of Prosecco and Pinot Grigio – offering a Prosecco alternative after predictions that prices for the Italian white wine could rise by 9%.
Wine Australia has today announced a six year, $5.3m AUD ($4m USD) R&D investment that will look at Australia’s unique terroirs and how they influence wine style and quality.
Brazil has seen exports of grape juice drinks soar in Japan, but wine exports are struggling to get a foothold abroad, according to IBRAVIN Brazilian wine institute.
Five thousand bottles of English sparkling wine have reached US shores late last week following a partnership between drinks exporter The British Bottling Company and New Jersey-based Vine Street Imports.
Constellation Brands ended its first quarter with net sales of $1.9bn, a 15% year-over-year increase, driven by the company’s acquisitions of premium brands coupled with consumer demand for high-end alcohol products.
Wine drinkers in Japan are becoming more adventurous and showing an increased interested in wine, according to Wine Intelligence. And, in fact, the country is rated as one of the most attractive wine markets in the world.
A wine region over 15,000 kilometres from Tuscany is emerging as a primo producer of Italian varieties and styles, and has even matching the Italians at their own game.
Constellation Brands has announced it will acquire The Prisoner Wine Company brands, a portfolio of five super luxury wine brands, while the company emphasizes the continued growth of premiumization and craft.
With climate change affecting wine regions around the world, the UK is in the spotlight as a growing wine-making area. But researchers from the University of East Anglia warn that climate variability – such as cold snaps and sharp frosts - could threaten...
The UK wine industry is pledging a tenfold increase in exports by 2020, along with plans to boost production and identify more land suitable for vineyards.
California: home to Hollywood, Silicon Valley, the Golden Gate Bridge, 1,300km of coastline and of course plenty of sunshine. With California Wine Month well underway, the Wine Institute says the industry can capitalise on its positive, aspirational image...
High earners in Australia are not only more likely to drink more champagne, but also more beer, wine and spirits than their less affluent neighbours, according to Roy Morgan Research.
WINE VISION 2014: INTERVIEW WITH Jean-Guillaume Prats
Jean-Guillaume Prats, Moët-Hennessy Estates and Wine CEO, says he believes great wine produced in California’s Napa Valley will rival the finest Bordeaux in future years.
Consumer demand from East and Southeast Asia for high value foods and beverages is driving export growth and diversification for New Zealand’s food and beverage industry, a new government report has revealed.
Isn’t the answer obvious? The Chinese, with their thirst for fine French wines, New World reds and keenness to plant vineyards over the past five years, easily outstrip the economically stressed, beer-loving Japanese.
THE BIG INTERVIEW: Matt Rompala, Avery Dennison, product and business development manager, wine & spirits
Avery Dennison tells BeverageDaily.com that beer, wine and spirits brands are increasingly looking for shorter-run labels that bring them a more emotive one-on-one connection with a given consumer.
The recent trade spat between Indonesia and Australia, which comes on the back of the southeast Asian nation’s objection towards its southern neighbour’s move to implement plain packaging of cigarettes, might have been blown out of all proportion, but...
Small wineries, distributors and wholesalers in New York state have united to oppose a mooted ‘cork tax’ that they claim could wreck the industry's promising growth prospects.
With consumption almost tripling over the last six years, China has leapfrogged France and Italy to become the world’s biggest red wine market, with surging demand for the variety in stark contrast to that for its inauspicious white counterpart.
‘Rampant domestic inflation’ means Argentine wine exports are under pressure, says Rabobank, but tapping new markets and targeting millennial consumers could aid competitiveness.
Constellation Brands-owned New Zealand wine estate Kim Crawford has teamed up with New York gourmet popcorn company Populence to produce two wine-flavored varieties of the snack.
Mintel senior drinks analyst Chris Wisson predicts that English wine sales could exceed £50m ($77m) within a few years, as product quality continually improves and unfair perceptions of inferiority diminish.
Heineken has moved to clarify a misprinted term on its new Heineken Star Bottle packaging, launched across the US this month, admitting that it could confuse consumers regarding beer freshness.
Wine Intelligence has warned wine exporters to China against 'seeing only dollar signs' in the world's fifth-largest wine market, and said it was important to understand Chinese consumers, not just parachute in western brands.
KHS has launched a new filling system that it claims will increase product safety for consumers and effect cost reductions via simpler cleaning and maintenance.
A new Rabobank report suggests that Australian wines have succeeded in commanding higher prices in emerging markets than some more established wine growing nations.
The UK wine and spirits industry has said it is 'deeply
disappointed' by the UK chancellor's plans to raise duty tax on
wine, announced in his 2007 Budget Speech Wednesday.
A creeping optimism about France's prospects on the much
sought-after UK wine market appeared to be taking hold of several
French wine producers and exporters at an industry show this week.
French wine authorities have laid down plans to ban the
controversial use of wood chips in higher quality appellation
contrôlée wine, after the practice was approved by the European
Commission.
Australian beer and wine group Foster's has said it will sell off
one French and two Australian wineries as part of its plan to
integrate the Southcorp wine business.
The thought of English wine can still conjure a smirk from many.
But, the natives are getting better, as more wineries look to take
advantage of Britons' increasing preference for grape over grain.
Militant French vintners may be grabbing the headlines, yet new
research claims small-to-medium wineries in Australia are also on
the track to financial ruin, as the big boys march calmly on,
reports Chris Mercer.
Bordeaux - VinExpo, described as the largest gathering of wine and
spirits buyers and sellers in the world, is this year also a
showcase of the industry's response to a rapidly changing consumer
market, reports Ahmed ElAmin in...
As chunks of the French wine industry descend into chaos, one
family firm is standing tall, proudly talking of a strong sales
rise based on clever marketing tactics that producers worldwide
could learn from.
The Australian wine industry says it has launched its most
important global marketing campaign for 15 years following
production increases and tough market conditions - leaving the Old
World to take notes, reports Chris Mercer.
Moldovan wine producer Asconi Corporation is launching 14 new wine
ranges as the company seeks to build on a recent sales increase and
recover Moldovan wine's lost export markets in Russia, writes
Chris Mercer.
Figures released today confirm that the mere unveiling of the
taint-proof Diamont cork improved sales of all Oeneo closures in
the last half of 2004. But can this boost be transferred to its
barrels division? asks Kim Hunter Gordon.
