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China goes ex growth – for now
After a tumultuous decade of growth, China’s wine market is gripped by an economic crisis years in the making, plus a short term coronavirus crisis that has decimated the on-premise. The shape of the wine market’s recovery will determine…

Netherlands returns to the new normal
As Netherlands emerges from the coronavirus, the long term pattern of drinking less wine, thinking more about health, and spending more per bottle, looks like being re-established

Updates from Italy: How is wine fairing as lockdown eases?
Pierpaolo Penco, Italy Country Manager at Wine Intelligence, reflects on the impact of Covid-19 on the wine market in Italy, focusing on insights from the Wine Intelligence Italy Wine Landscapes 2020 report, released this week
WI: How…

Keeping the best
In the face of growing competition from other drinks, the wine category in Canada is managing to hang on to its more engaged and higher spending consumers

Knowledge pays
Why is it that Ireland boasts some of the most well-informed wine consumers in the world?
Though it has a relatively small adult population, imposes high taxes on alcohol, and has traditionally consumed beer and whisky, Ireland has been a good…

Wine drinking in France: Less wine, more opportunities
France Landscapes 2019 reveals that although wine consumption remains in decline, consumers are becoming more involved with the category and drinking wine at more diverse occasions
Talk of declining wine consumption in France is as old as…

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…

Four reasons why UK consumers are drinking less wine
The UK monthly wine drinking population is shrinking, and those that remain are drinking less often. Our latest market report explains why
2018 has turned out to be another challenging year for the wine industry in the UK, with continued…

Wine and consumer options growing in Canada
Legislative changes in alcohol and cannabis are likely to shape the wine industry in Canada in the coming year as much as long-running consumer trends
Canada crosses six time zones and occupies more land mass than the United States to…