Archive for the ‘News’ Category


Press Release: America’s regular wine drinkers growing in number, presenting more challenges

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

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US version


Product Alert: Canada Portraits 2011

Monday, February 21st, 2011

New report release: Canada Portraits 2011 – the 50 slide PowerPoint report detailing the segmentation & analysis of Canadian regular wine drinkers (full Excel data tables also included). Available now to purchase for CAN$4,150 / US$4,2o0 / 3,000 € / £2,500.*

Get to the heart of your wine consumers with Portraits. The comprehensive consumer segmentation report divides the 14.5 million regular wine drinkers in Canada (those drinking wine at least once a month) based on their level involvement with wine, into 6 distinct Portrait groups, providing unprecedented insights into the minds of wine drinkers in Canada at the fraction of the cost of a bespoke study.

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Vinitrac Global launching this March

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Vinitrac® – the largest and most comprehensive omnibus survey of wine drinkers around the world – goes global this March. ***Deadline for questions extended to 3rd March*** (more…)


Product Alert: Portraits USA 2011

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

New report release: USA Portraits 2011 – a comprehensive, up-to-date market segmentation of American wine consumers. 50 slide PowerPoint management summary + full Excel data tables, available now.

$4,200/ 3,000 €/£2,500*

Do you know? Price is growing in importance for purchase decisions, and US wine consumers are becoming less experimental in their wine choices. But what does price mean to different consumers? What are younger people looking for? What are wine enthusiasts looking for? Which consumers are the best target for your brand? (more…)


Press Release: Tough challenges ahead in Australian wine market

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

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New Australia reports 2011: Just published

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Two new Wine Intelligence reports focused on Australia wine consumers are now ready for purchase:

1. Australia Portraits 2011: the consumer segmentation and in-depth analysis of Australia’s wine drinkers.

  • Find out more details on who the Australia Portrait groups are in 2011 and how understanding them can help your business from the Australia Portraits factsheet.

2. Australia Landscapes 2011: detailed and up-to-date market and consumer insights. Landscapes included a summary of the Australia Portrait groups detailed in the full Portratis report above.

How to purchase? Reports can be purchased by contacting  Natasha Rastegar at our London office: natasha@wineintelligence.com or Stephanie Duboudin, Australia Country manager, based in Melbourne: Stephanie@wineintelligence.com

  • Portraits single-user licence =AUS $4000 – £2500 – 3.100 euros
  • Landscapes single-user licence = AUS $5000 – £3000 – 3.700 euros

Bloggers bite back

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Around 20% of UK regular wine drinkers say they trust recommendations from an independent wine blogger. Is this good news or bad news for the wine industry’s fastest-growing method of communication?  Arguably we took the sensationalist approach: “Bloggers are one of the least trusted source of wine recommendations” said our press release last week announcing the launch of the Internet and Social Media report, in part because it was true (the six other sources we tested, from supermarkets to regional promotion agencies, had significantly higher trust levels) and partly because we wanted to generate some debate (and sell some reports).

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Facebook: The US wine future?

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Status update from US wine consumers: Facebook is the most popular online  source when searching for and sharing wine information (source: the Internet and Social Media report, Northeastern USA).

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Social media: Breaking down the great (e)wall of China

Friday, February 4th, 2011

International social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter are censored in China, but the potential for social media marketing is huge if you know how to penetrate the domestic online channels.

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Hunter Valley heaven

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Brian Howard, Associate Director, reports on his travels in Australia

As some of you will be aware, I have stepped back from day-to-day operations at Wine Intelligence, and will now occupy a more free-form, roving brief for the company. So what better way to mark the next chapter of my Wine Intelligence career – one that I hope will involve fewer late nights slaving over a hot laptop and more warm evenings with a crisp Albarino in hand – than a series of observations about wine tourism in general and Australia’s revered Hunter Valley.
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