For instance, the real price (in 1988 prices) for the basket of the entire Top 100 list [for the U.S.] was $4,313 in 1988; $3,132 in 1993; $2,533 in 1999; and $2,421 in 2004. That is nearly a 44% decrease in prices from 1988 to 2004. At the same time, there was no significant change in the quality of the wines on the Top 100 list…
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A recently published study has showed that there exists a correlation between the type of music played and the perceptions of a consumer concerning the qualities of a wine being drunk.
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A copy of the report (pdf) which includes an estimation of 2007 potential wine production was published in March 2008.
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For more than a decade Adams Fact Book guided users through the beverage alcohol rules and regulations maze. The new Web edition: provides immediate access; offers up-to-the-minute changes at your fingertips; allows searches by type of rule, regulation and state; and permits downloads into Excel. Web pricing based on an annual subscription.
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For more than a decade Adams Fact Book guided users through the beverage alcohol rules and regulations maze. The new Web edition: provides immediate access; offers up-to-the-minute changes at your fingertips; allows searches by type of rule, regulation and state; and permits downloads into Excel. Web pricing based on an annual subscription.
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The wine industry is riding high on a wave of Sauvignon Blanc, the wondrous grape variety that in Marlborough is perfectly suited to industrial production on a large scale, driving profits for factory wine producers as energetically as it drives export volumes. But the first wine industry benchmarking report by international consultants Deloitte suggests that the fast ride to success offered by sauvignon blanc could lead to a fall unless wine producers tend to their long-term prospects.
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With bated breath German winemakers and German wine enthusiasts await the annual publication – traditionally, in November – of the well-known German wine guides “Gault Millau WeinGuide” and “Eichelmann Deutschlands Weine.”
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The Deutsche Weinakademie recently invited journalists to a very special seminar in Hamburg: the reason for that was the recent publication of the book “Sensi diVini – the wine tasting happens in the brain”, published by Dr. Benigna Mallebrein and Prof. Dr. Jürgen K. Mai. This book does not focus on the technique and art of wine tasting but explains the neurological background of taste in an easy and refreshing manner.
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For more than half a century, Adams Liquor Handbook has offered accurate, in-depth and timely information available on the U.S. distilled spirits market. With more than 400 tables, graphs and maps, Adams Liquor Handbook 2007 provides detailed sales and consumption statistics on the dynamic distilled spirits market. The user friendly CD-ROM contains tables in Excel format.
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This Web edition provides instant access to more than 400 wine and spirits importers, marketers and suppliers anytime, anywhere. The continuously updated database keeps you current with the dynamic wine and spirits market, allows searches by supplier, state, title and brand, and enables the creation of mail merges. Web pricing based on an annual subscription. The directory is also available in hard copy format.
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The industry’s earliest and most complete report on beverage alcohol sales and consumption has just been published | Adams Handbook Advance 2007
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If you’ve had wine in the last seven days and if you bought wine over $15 in the last three months – If you have more than 18 bottles in your house at any given moment and if you’ve tried a bottle of New Zealand wine in the last year, YOU’RE NOT A NORMAL WINE CONSUMER.
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New volume and value records were set for Australian wine exports in the year ending January 2007. Volume grew 9% to 768 million litres while value grew 2% to A$2.85 billion. The average price declined 7% to A$3.71 per litre due in part to volume growth in bulk shipments. The bottled average price increased 2 cents to A$4.83 per litre while the bulk average price declined 14% to A$1.04 per litre.
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The Source On-Premise Beverage Decision Makers Rely On
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The United States wine, grape and grape products industries contribute more than $162 billion annually to the American economy, according to a comprehensive study by MKF Research LLC of Napa Valley unveiled on Capitol Hill by the Congressional Wine Caucus on January 17. The Congressional Wine Caucus is a bipartisan, bicameral coalition of U.S. Representatives and Senators with an interest in the grape and wine industry, and currently includes 182 members.
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Awards for the German Wine Elite
With bated breath German winemakers and German wine enthusiasts await the annual publication – traditionally, in November – of the well-known German wine guides “Gault Millau WeinGuide” and “Eichelmann Deutschlands Weine.” This year marks the 14th edition of Gault Millau and the 8th for Eichelmann. Both guides offer a wealth of information about German wine estates and individual wines, and every year the quite subjective evaluations of the authors are the subject of much discussion. Together, the guides comprise some 1,600 pages of reviews by Armin Diel & Joel Payne and Gerhard Eichelmann, who sample thousands of wines during the year preceding publication.
Continue reading ‘Top League of German Wine Makers: Important German Wine Guides Published in November’