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July 16, 2019

Making room for Brazilian wine consumers

Brazil Country Manager, Rodrigo Lanari, and Director for Spain and South America, Juan Park, reflect on their recent seminar in Chile looking at how Brazil’s wine consumer is changing Brazilian wine consumers have had a growing relationship…

July 16, 2019

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…

July 9, 2019

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…

July 1, 2019

What does sustainability mean throughout the world?

Following our Global SOLA report, our recently published country specific mini-SOLAs for Australia, Canada, Sweden, the US and the UK examine ethical consumerism in the wine industry in greater detail Last month, we released our latest insights…

July 1, 2019

Five ways to sell sustainability

Wine producers hoping to build commercial success around sustainability and environmentally friendly products should take some cues from the latest thinking in behavioural economics, according to Wine Intelligence CEO Lulie Halstead We all…

July 1, 2019

Trade expert interviews now available in Australia:

Trade expert in-depth interviews with distributors, critics, national and independent retailers, on-premise operators and key opinion formers Format: At least 10 one-on-one trade expert depth interviews 15 minutes of standard market…

June 25, 2019

Move over Champagne

Six things you need to know about the French market for sparkling wine, according to Wine Intelligence’s Avignon office Back in 2017 France ranked third in the world for sparkling wine consumption, just behind Germany and Italy.* It…

June 24, 2019

The four things wine consumers care about

Extracts from CEO Lulie Halstead’s presentation at London Wine Fair in May 2019 at a seminar on future consumer behaviour What is driving consumers to purchase the wines they do and how are they making these decisions? And how might…

June 18, 2019

How are those 2019 predictions doing?

As we reach the halfway mark of 2019, our resident futurologist assesses how the five predictions for the year, offered last December, are holding up in the face of reality. Maybe Don Henley had it right in The Boys of Summer when he sang…

June 10, 2019

Shaken, but not stirred

Volumes might be down in the short term, but our latest China Landscapes 2019 report shows the market for imported wine in China is growing up, which is probably a good thing At first glance, 2018 may look like a rough year for members…

June 3, 2019

Wine 2.0 for Hong Kong

The 10-year boom in wine imports to Hong Kong may be finished, but growing local consumer engagement in the category is pushing up value and broadening portfolios Hong Kong’s wine market can be neatly characterised around one year: 2008.…

June 3, 2019

Sustainable growth

The tide of ethical consumerism is on the rise, and the fortunes of sustainable, organic, lower alcohol and other alternative wine products are rising within it, according to our latest SOLA report How does the concept of sustainability translate…