Further to the appointments of Thierry Billot and Michel Bord, respectively as Deputy Managing Director in charge of Brands, and as Deputy Managing Director in charge of the Distribution Network (as announced on 26 June 2008), the following appointments will take place as of 1st of July 2008:
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Burgundy wines are learning to speak ever more languages!
Continue reading ‘Burgundy goes international on the web’
The 15th annual Chardonnay du Monde® wine competition was held between 12 and 15 of March 2008 at Château des Ravatys, the wine estate of the Pasteur Institute at Saint-Lager in the Burgundy wine (France)
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Forbes.com has published an article which highlights maverick sommeliers from all corners of the globe who are feeding oenophiles’ appetites with lists of inventive pairings and off-the-beaten track bottles. The link below lists which are among the world’s best.
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The 13th Wine Industry Outlook Conference, titled “Wine Australia: Flying the Flag”, was held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on Tuesday 27 November.
Continue reading ‘UK: Tesco looks for fresh personality’
A recent study conducted for VinExpo forecasts that by 2010, wine sales will have increased at an annual rate of 2.1 per cent, while sales of spirit will plod along at 1.39 per cent.
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During the OIV congress in Budapest ( Hungary), the Director General, Mr. Federico Castellucci presented a report on the state of world vitiviniculture in 2006, in the presence of the Vice Prime Minister of Hungary, Mr. Péter Kiss, and representatives of 43 member states of the Organisation.
Continue reading ‘Results from the 2007 harvest in OIV member countries and observations on the southern hemisphere’
Christie’s Wine Sales Calendar
April – December 2007
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The latest figures to be released by the CIVC make ineresting reading.
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A regular report on the state of the world wine market.
Continue reading ‘World vitivinicultural economic data as at October 2006′
Australian wine producers and exporters have a powerful new tool to help them take on export markets as diverse as Canada, China, the European Union, India, Japan, Russia, Singapore and the USA.
Continue reading ‘AWBC launches updated Export Market Guide’
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The purpose of this work (in French) is to draw a panorama of the evolution of the restructuring strategies of the transnational firms in the world wine industry across the period 1980-2005. The main forms of development of these firms – mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures – are identified based on an ad-hoc database (W2D-World Wine Data).
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FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) helping wine sector protect appellations, capture new markets
Despite a winemaking tradition that dates back several thousand years, Georgia’s greatest liquid asset – today wine is the country’s third biggest export – is at risk, threatened by counterfeiting and the wine sector’s failure to diversify its markets.
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In the middle of July the Board of Foster’s Group Limited (Foster’s) has endorsed a simplified, ‘consumer led, customer driven’ business structure, with strengthened global processes, insights and practices.
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Canada is Firm’s Fifth Core Market, Businesses in Other Geographies
Folded into Regional Operating Companies
Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ), (ASX: CBR) recently announced its plan for the integration of acquired Vincor International operations around the world. Constellation completed the acquisition of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada-based Vincor International Inc. on June 5. On June 1, Vincor shareholders overwhelmingly voted to accept Constellation’s C$36.50 per share cash offer to buy the company.
Approximately 90 percent of Vincor’s 2,358 worldwide employees will be retained, with positions trimmed coming primarily from sales, marketing, administrative and production redundancies in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, where Constellation’s operations are significantly larger in scale than Vincor’s. In Canada, where nearly 79 percent of Vincor’s total employment exists, 30 people will be impacted. In addition, 16 positions will be filled, with the net decrease of 14 positions in Canada, representing less than one percent of Vincor’s nationwide employment. Vincor’s Canadian operations have become “Vincor Canada,” and it is Constellation’s fifth core market, the others being the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
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On Saturday 17 June, the Paul Ricard Oceanographical Institute celebrated its 40th anniversary on the island of Les Embiez.
Continue reading ‘40th Anniversary of the Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute: the call of the sea’