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Global Trends Video #2: Retail

View the second video of our video mini series, based on our Global Trends in Wine 2020 report. Presented by Emily Carroll, this video discusses the trend of Retail.
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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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Wine list as bottleneck

Does the way a restaurant sells wine need a makeover? Wine Intelligence’s eminence grise of the on-premise, Brian Howard, believes so. How does a restaurant grow its wine sales? Some grumbling diners might answer: “stop charging so much”.…
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Global Trends Video # 1: Relationship

View the first video of our video mini series, based on our Global Trends in Wine 2020 report. Presented by Lulie Halstead, this video discusses the trend of Relationship.
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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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Never mind the facts

Wine consumers appear to be caring more and spending more, while knowing less about the category One of the key trends for 2020 is the shifting relationship consumers have with the category of wine. Despite falling levels of wine knowledge,…
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The four 'R's

A handy guide to Wine Intelligence industry trends for 2020 Beware January, with the airwaves and wifi thick with trends and predictions for the coming year. A close reading of many offerings, plus a bit of careful Googling, tend to show that…
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Harpers: The Wild West of cannabis law

COO of Wine Intelligence, Richard Halstead, was featured in an article from 10th January 2020 by Harpers. He was quoted as saying: “Those open to the idea of cannabis wine represent a market segment that is hotly contested by wine producers…
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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…