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September 18, 2018

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…

September 18, 2018

Wine or weed?

Canadian regular wine drinkers are engaging more with the category, and say they don’t care about soon-to-be-legal cannabis. However evidence from elsewhere suggests that alcohol and cannabis are substitute goods. Wine in Canada has become…

September 18, 2018

Driving future value in wine

Don’t miss out on our upcoming workshops The Wine Intelligence 5th global workshop series, Driving future value in wine, will focus on the future value opportunities in global wine. Additionally, this workshop will explore the future…

September 5, 2018

Moderation takes hold in Japan

Our latest Japan Landscapes 2018 report shows consumers moderating their alcohol consumption, especially younger drinkers, and a new focus on New World countries, particularly Chile Those with long memories will recall that for a brief…

September 5, 2018

Inside India

Ben Luker reflects on his recent research visit to India for the first India Landscapes report Last month I packed my bags for Mumbai to join Sonal Holland MW, India’s first Master of Wine and our partner in the India Landscapes Report…

September 5, 2018

The three traps of label design

We should spend more time talking about wine labels, because they matter more than ever before – and badly-executed ones can be disastrous for your brand The wine label has a central role in wine marketing, but – some notable exceptions…

August 23, 2018

Vinitrac® Global Wine Consumer Survey, October 2018

This October, Wine Intelligence will launch the next wave of Vinitrac®, the world’s largest ongoing online study of wine drinkers. We are now accepting questions for our series of omnibus surveys that will be rolled out across 33 key wine…

August 21, 2018

Consumer confidence with wine on the rise in the UK

Consumer confidence in the wine category is increasing, driven by the ‘experience economy’ and a growing engagement with the drinks category overall, according to the most recent Wine Intelligence UK Portraits 2018 report The number of…

August 21, 2018

The evolving wine category in Australia

Rodney Sammut, Wine Intelligence Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand, takes a look at findings from our most recent Australia Landscapes 2018 report There is a cautiously optimistic outlook on the current state of the wine category…

August 21, 2018

Postcards from Japan

Is the ageing population a cause for concern or celebration for wine consumption in Japan? As a country known for a ‘super-aging’ population, Japan is known to outweigh all other nations in terms of having the highest proportion of elderly…

August 2, 2018

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 answer…

August 2, 2018

It’s a quality thing: Behind the Global Compass 2018-19 report

Our recent report reveals that consumers are increasingly trading up in the world’s top 50 wine markets as volumes flatline This year’s Global Compass 2018-19 report shows that total wine volumes in 2017 remained static, while the market…