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Canada’s wine market paradox

  Depending on which way you look at it, Canada’s wine market represents the best of times – and the worst of times. The glass-half-full camp would point to a long-term move towards drinking more premium wines and sparkling wines, and…
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Wine brand equity stabilising after Covid, but yet to fully rebound

2022 Wine Intelligence Global Wine Brand Power Index also reveals that Yellow Tail and Casillero del Diablo remain the most powerful wine brands globally   Building on feedback from over 25,000 wine consumers in 25 markets – representing…
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The Covid accelerated shift to local wine is set to continue

  A consistent theme of consumer marketing manuals is the exhortation to remain ‘close’ to your customers. The meaning of this closeness has evolved over recent decades in developed world fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) markets. Once…
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Canada’s buoyant wine market masks a trend of younger adults leaving the wine category

Canada’s wine market has been in growth during the Covid era. Still wine volumes grew overall by 5% in 2020 compared with 2019, and sparkling wine by 4% over the same period, according to IWSR data. There are plenty of broader contextual…
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Millennials drive the sparkling wine category

  Sparkling wine embraces a wide spectrum from the ultra-luxury to the everyday, but its traditional role has remained one of social joy – celebrating togetherness and often marking a notable moment in life. It’s therefore hardly surprising…
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Wine category becomes more egalitarian as consumer wine knowledge declines

Consumer confidence with wine remains stable, yet consumers’ wine knowledge is steadily decreasing, new research by Wine Intelligence shows. However, these two trends are not as contradictory as they seemingly appear. In terms of global wine…
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Frequency of wine consumption increasing compared with 2019 levels

       
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Hard seltzer draws away Canadian wine drinkers during pandemic

Canada’s wine drinking population has fallen during the pandemic, with hard seltzer gaining ground, particularly among younger adults, while wine volumes have been underpinned by committed drinkers starting ‘wine o’clock’ earlier   Wine…