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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It is always interesting to see what critics may write of the Bordeaux vintages, if only to remark on the disparity of their opinions. To save one looking up across each site there are a few services which conglomerate the scores of critics. Continue reading ‘Bordeaux wine scores: 2007 and before’
In the year ended April 2008, the volume of Australian wine exports declined 8.5% to 730 million litres. Value declined by 4% to A$2.81 billion on an average price increase of 4% to A$3.85 per litre.
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A copy of the report (pdf) which includes an estimation of 2007 potential wine production was published in March 2008.
Continue reading ‘State of VitiViniculture World Report March 2008′
Industries produce $3 billion annually for state.
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U.S. wine exports, 95 percent from California, reached a record high $951 million in 2007, an 8.6 percent jump from the previous year. Volume shipments in 2007 increased 12 percent to 453 million liters, compared to 2006.
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French wine and liquor exports, which rose to a record in 2007, are showing the first signs of a slowdown as the euro’s rise against most currencies erode sales, a trade organization said.
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2008 will be dedicated to marketing, with special emphasis on the Chinese market.
Continue reading ‘DO Bierzo sold almost a million bottles more in 2007′
Rosé sales increased by 14 percent and reds by almost 19 percent over figures for 2006.
Continue reading ‘Cigales’ sales up by 15.7 percent in 2007′
Volume shipments decline, average price rise
In the year ended January 2008, Australian wine export volumes declined 0.1% to 770 million litres. Value grew 3% to A$2.95 billion and average price grew 3% to $3.83 per litre.
Continue reading ‘Australia: Wine Export Approval Report – January 2008*’
Wine consumption in Germany from August 2006 through July 2007 reached a new all-time high: 20.6 liters per capita. Every year the German Wine Institute/Mainz commissions the German Wine-growers’ Association/Bonn to provide a balance sheet of stocks and depletions during the last fiscal year – from which per capita consumption can be calculated.
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In the year ended November 2007, Australian wine export volumes grew 6% to 795 million litres and value grew 8% to A$3.02 billion. The average price grew 2% to $3.80 per litre, the second month the change in price has been positive on amoving annual total (MAT) basis. While the year ended November results represent a slowing in volume growth – it was the smallest volume increment in nineyears, at 44 million litres – the value growth was the biggest in three years, at an increment of A$227 million.
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Survey reveals that price is no longer a determining factor for sales on the German market
Continue reading ‘Great expectations for Spanish wine in Germany’
Rioja is the wine region most likely to convert UK consumer awareness into sales, according to the recently released results of a Wine Intelligence Vinitrac survey. Recognised as a wine region by two-thirds of UK wine drinkers, nearly half of respondents who had heard of Rioja said they had purchased wines from the region in the last three months – placing it firmly in pole position, ahead of Bordeaux and Burgundy.
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New volume and value records were set for Australian wine exports in the year ended August 2007. Volume grew 9% to 806 million litres while value grew 8% to A$3.02 billion. The average price declined 1% to A$3.75. The rate of decline in average price has abated over recent MAT periods reflecting an increase in the average price for bottled wine and a reduced impact from bulk wine shipments.
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According to a survey, Belgians will drink 32 litres per capita in 2010.
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Sales reached 33.79m litres, bettering the 31.3m litres of the same period in 2006
Continue reading ‘Rioja exports up by almost 8 percent in first five months of the year’
Record value and volume – A$3 billion milestone reached in the year ended July 2007, value grew 8% to reach a milestone A$3 billion and volume grew 10% to 805 million litres. The average price declined 2% to A$3.73 per litre. Both the value and volume outcomes represented new records for Australian wine exports. The modest decline in the average price was a result of the average bottled price increasing 6 cents to A$4.86 per litre (up 1.3%) while the bulk average price declined 10 cents to A$1.02 per litre (down 9%).
Continue reading ‘Australia: Wine Export Approval Report – July 2007′