Archive for category: Sparkling wine

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Press Release: English sparkling wine has experienced significant increases in awareness and consumption incidence in the last year, driven by positive PR and growing tourism offers

For immediate release: 2nd September 2019 BEGINS:  English sparkling wine has experienced significant increases in awareness and consumption incidence in the last year, driven by positive PR and growing tourism offers, according to the…
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Press Release: UK sparkling wine drinking population declining but becoming more youthful, with consumers choosing quality over quantity

For immediate release: 2nd September 2019 BEGINS:  UK sparkling wine drinking population declining but becoming more youthful, with consumers choosing quality over quantity, according to Wine Intelligence Sparkling Wine in the UK Market…

Fizz fight

Sparkling wine has had its own way in the UK market for a decade. Now it is facing serious challenge to its primacy from the gin boom and from consumers seeking to lower their alcohol intake, though the growing English Sparkling category is…

Bring on the Italian fizz

Pierpaolo Penco, Country Manager for Italy, discusses how Sicily is an increasingly popular sparkling wine producer and what this may mean for other lesser-known areas producing sparkling wine Sparkling wine is growing rapidly, both in…

Canada fizzes up

Sparkling wine in the Canadian market is on the rise, as Prosecco is a growing preference amongst younger consumers The sparkling wine trend that has taken many developed markets by storm over the past decade has become a significant factor…

Vintage bubbles

The UK sparkling wine market appears to be settling after a rollercoaster decade where volumes have doubled and the drinking population has expanded by 50% While sparkling wine bubbles themselves are typically fleeting and fragile, the…

Bubbles on the rise in Canada

Sparkling wine in the Canadian market seems to be on the rise as imported wines from Italy, Australia and New Zealand top the list and domestic sparkling enjoys a renaissance Are the Canadians developing an appetite for fizz? The short…

Sweden’s fizzical embrace

Amid an overall decline of still wine and spirit volumes in Sweden, sparkling wine is seeing impressive growth and elevated interest amongst consumers As a country known for focusing on healthy living, Sweden is becoming a place where…

Can China fizz?

Traditional stereotypes have held back sparkling wine in China – but consumer views are changing  China still hasn’t quite found a taste for bubbly – but what might happen if it did? Globally, the sparkling wine category continues…