Archive for category: USA

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Cannabis: How do you “cheers”?

The drinks industry is on edge about the encroachment of cannabis. Our CEO’s visit to the Bay Area’s cannabis scene – for research purposes only – suggests that wine doesn’t have much to worry about, at least not yet
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Wellness, moderation and wine in the US

Wine Intelligence CEO Lulie Halstead spoke at the Wine Market Council event Wine Data 2020 on the subject of wellness and moderation and how these are impacting the future of wine
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Idaho: A wine scene to watch

Research Manager Emily Carroll discusses her recent trip home to Idaho, and what trade experts have to say about the budding local wine industry there When you think of wine originating from the US, you typically think of a Californian Cab…
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Wine Business: Perfect Storm: Consumers Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Embrace New Beverage Options

CEO of Wine Intelligence, Lulie Halstead, was featured in an article on 29th January about global moderation trends and the opportunity to embrace new beverage options. This was taken from the Wine Data 2020 event, held by Wine Market Council…
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The surge of hard seltzer

“Perfect storm” threat to wine in the US from decreasing consumption and hard seltzer taking centre stage The story of the US wine market for the last 20 years has been one of more or less continually increasing sales. It’s been an unstoppable…
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Tariff trouble ahead – for everyone

Richard Halstead discusses the impact of a possible 100% tariffs on European wine for the US and global wine industry If you’re looking at how the world wine industry is keeping its head above water in the 21st Century, you might be forgiven…
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We are family

US wine consumers are not that different whether they’re from Oakland or Ithaca, though geography and the broader economic and demographic trends at a State level tends to influence behavior When it comes down to it, wine drinkers are not…
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The great American Millennial moderation

US Landscapes 2020 reveals a shrinking regular wine drinking population, with saviors of the wine category being older drinkers as wine faces growing competition for younger drinkers from other alcoholic beverages – and from the yoga studio The…
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The plural drinker

The biggest threat to the wine industry in the next decade may be coming from regular wine drinkers substituting wine for other drinks at certain occasions, such as hard seltzer and cannabis wine Until recently, wine has managed to navigate…