Archive for category: USA

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,…

Press release: US Millennials turning away from wine amid decreasing frequency of wine consumption

For immediate release: 16 January 2019 Although the US remains the world’s largest wine market, the Wine Intelligence US Landscapes 2019 report reveals that the number of Americans drinking wine at least once a month is declining and that…

21st century bubbles

Americans are changing their attitudes to sparkling wine, led by younger drinkers As 2018 draws to an end, and the holiday season gets into full swing, most if not all of the estimated 45 million Americans who comprise the sparkling wine…

The US generation game

The changing nature of the US wine drinking population is starting to have profound effects on its attitude and behavior, showing a clearer divide between the higher-involvement and lower-involvement consumers, even within the same age cohort Since…

Industry ferment: US wine industry crushed over tariffs - BBC News

Natalie Sherman, a business reporter for BBC based in New York, recently published an article on how 'the US and China have exchanged threats to impose tariffs on billions of dollars worth of products, including American wine', quoting Wine…

Growing Rosés

Pink wines have undergone a remarkable renaissance around the world, especially in the US market – why has the once derided rosé category suddenly become hip? Wine drinking has always carried social and political connotations. In some…

Big, beautiful tax cut

Almost unnoticed in the latest US tax legislation is a surprising and welcome rebate for the wine industry Donald Trump may be not be everyone’s idea of a good leader, but anyone selling alcoholic beverages in the US ought to be raising…

Millennials shy away from Chardonnay in Australia: What about Sonoma?

The Spill, the Sonomo Index-Tribune's column dedicated to trends in the wine industry, picks up on Australian Millennial's reluctance to drink Chardonnay as reported in the Wine Intelligence report, Australia Landscapes 2017.

US retains tops spot as world's most attractive wine market - just-drinks

just-drinks, an online-only provider of news relating to the global drinks business, picked up key findings from the latest Wine Intelligence Global Compass 2017-2018 report.