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Global Trends in Wine: The who, what and how

Wine Intelligence explores 12 global trends, categorised into six themes, which we have identified over the past year relating to wine consumer’s consumption and behaviour Identifying trends in consumer behaviour has been something of…

Portugal’s penchant for a premium “bargain”

A mature market is experiencing some lively changes in the way upscale wine is sold, according to our latest Portugal Landscapes 2019 report. Despite being one of the most established markets for wine with one of the highest per capita…

Scandi face-off

Denmark and Norway share a lot of cultural similarities, some of which translate into wine consumer behaviour Denmark and Norway are two countries known to share many cultural similarities: emphasis on health, progressive government policies,…

A tribute to our friend, Gerard Basset MW MS OBE 1957-2019

CEO Lulie Halstead reflects on the life and career of one of the world's greatest wine professionals There is surely not a single person who has a professional involvement in wine who has not been positively influenced in some way by the…

Mixed blessings from US Millennials

The much-heralded arrival of the next generation in the US wine market is starting to have profound effects Millennials tend to get a fairly rough treatment in the media. In part it is because, like many rising generations before them,…

UK on-trade 2019 to-do list

Some prescriptions for success amid the toughest of trading years The sentiment is predominantly negative in the UK on-trade at the moment.  Clearly, much of the near-term focus is on Brexit, and at time of writing we remain at the mercy…

Vermouth renaissance

Pierpaolo Penco, Country Manager for Italy, reflects on the revival of the vermouth category The revival of the gin category is a remarkable story, which few could have predicted a decade ago. Part of its new lease of life comes from…

Announcing Vinitrac® March

  This March, Wine Intelligence will launch the next wave of Vinitrac®, the world’s largest ongoing online study of wine drinkers. Talk to one of our team today to see how Vinitrac® can best help you answer important company…

Gerard Basset MW MS OBE 1957-2019

Wine Intelligence mourns the loss of our Associate Director On-trade, Gerard Basset MW MS OBE. We would like to share this article by Felicity Carter of Meininger's Wine Business International celebrating the life and successful career of…