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Ireland: a post-COVID wine renaissance?
Ireland’s wine market looks like it will emerge stronger after a year of pandemic and lockdowns, despite the twin blows of on-trade restrictions and loss of tourism revenues
It seems strange to sound a positive note about the Covid-19 pandemic…

Millennials’ time has come in the US wine category
They have been heralded as both saviours and destroyers of the US wine industry. Thanks to Covid, the Millennials are now calling the shots in the world’s largest and most valuable wine market.
Like it or not, the large and influential Millennial…

The UK has lost 12.5% of its monthly wine drinking population since 2015
The main contributing factor to this loss being declining alcohol consumption, falling participation rates among lower income consumers and growing interest in other categories such as cider and gin


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,…

Sustain in Spain
Spain Landscapes 2019 explores how the wine industry in the country can become more sustainable for businesses, consumers and the natural environment
Sustainability has been in the headlines a lot over the past year, and Wine Intelligence has…

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…

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 this…

Belgian wine drinkers are consuming less but engaging more
Wine volumes are falling thanks in part to recent increases in excise duty and health campaigns, but there are still opportunities for wine in Belgium, particularly when it involves food
Belgium is probably more associated with ales and…