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Are the Chinese Taking Over the World?
March 12th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
The Telegraph reports that China has become the largest non-European importer of Bordeaux wines. They have, specifically, passed the United States as a consumer of Robert Parker’s favorite wines.
Mon Dieu! Est-ce la fin?
You mean we’re not still number one? Or even number two? But Number three? In fact, if you count France itself, we’re number [...]
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It’s Not Bad News For Everyone
March 10th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
People have a tendency to focus on the bad news, and today’s wine market sure has a lot of that. But if the wine industry bad news is that people have stopped buying wine over $15, the good news is that people are buying a lot more wine under $15. Companies with good product in [...]
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Hard Data on Hard Times
March 8th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
Silicon Valley Bank predicts that “as many as ten” wineries will go into foreclosure this year.
“We have 250 vintner clients saying this downturn is the worst in 20 years,” Bill Stevens, manager of the bank’s wine division in St. Helena, California, said in an interview. “Anybody who was late to the party won’t have staying [...]
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Because We Are Stupid, There Are Experts to Remind Us of the Obvious
March 8th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
A Boston study concludes that women who drink a little red wine on a regular basis tend not to put on weight.
The study carried out by researchers at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital surveyed almost 20,000 women and asked them about their drinking habits over the course of 13 years. The group which gained the most [...]
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2009 in California: More Grapes Crushed, More Wine Produced, More Trouble Ahead
February 11th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has issued its annual report on wine grape production. California wineries crushed 23% more grapes in 2009 than they did in 2008. Putting that increase in bottle terms, that’s 96 million more bottles of wine. There are roughly 74 million regular wine drinkers in the U.S. (pdf), so [...]
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Strength in Numbers
January 18th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
According to WineBusiness.com, the number of American wineries grew again last year, though at a slower rate than in previous years.
In 2009, the number of bonded U.S. wineries saw the same net percentage increase (6 percent) as in 2008, a considerable slow-down from previous years of rapid growth: 10 percent in 2007 and 15 percent [...]
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High-End Wine Market to Recover, But Not Much, According to Bank
January 12th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
The Silicon Valley Bank, which lends a lot of money to wineries and grape growers, publishes an annual State of the Wine Business report every spring. A preliminary release of data suggest that the market for wines over $50 will recover somewhat, but:
“Our current research is showing that the wine businesses (will) continue to be [...]
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How To Tell When a Trend Has Crested
January 6th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
Robert Parker has a Facebook page.
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Report from the Outback
December 31st, 2009 by Tom Johnson
Champagne sales down in Montana. Cowboys going back to whiskey, do you think?
Too bad we don’t have any commenters who work in Montana-based wine retailing. If we did, perhaps we could get some insight.
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Where Champagne Drinkers Have Gone In Search of Value
December 21st, 2009 by Tom Johnson
As Champagne sales plummet, other sparkling wines gain market share. Italian Prosecco and Spanish Cava lead the way, but even German Sekt is booming.
Even before the festive season moved into full swing, manufacturers of German sparking wine (Sekt) reported a bubbly 6.7- per-cent rise in sales in the year to October.
Most Sekt is made from [...]
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