Shadowing the Australian Wine Industry
Epistle whistle The Paris-based International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) has released its annual epistle on the state of global wine production and trade. There have been some slightly alarmist articles concerning lack of growth in vines planted, wine produced and consumption in 2016. In TKR’s opinion the lack of planting and reduction in […]
Italian grip Italy has a strong grip on the US imported wine market. From January to November 2016 the Italian share was reported to be worth US$1.65 billion ($2.16 billion). with exports up 5.9 per cent on 2015. The leading US markets for Italian wine: New York California Florida Illinois Texas Compare these with the […]
Banking on pinot Barbara Banke, chairman and proprietor of Jackson Family Estates, is, or recently has been, in Australia. The principal reason for the visit was to attend horse sales in Queensland. She did mention in an interview she had also been looking at sites in Victoria and Tasmania suitable for growing pinot noir. Jackson […]
Budget wine worth a bet? An article worth reading in full can be found at BloombergGadfly. Written by David Fickling and published on 16 January, it is headed, “Budget wine will face a test of maturity with Accolade IPO.” Fickling writes: “Regardless of the debate about whether wine belongs in the gutter or the stars, […]
California throws down the gauntlet The California Wine Institute is upping its challenge for market share in the UK. It hasn’t been said, but it doesn’t take a great leap of mind to think a prime target would be taking market share from Australia. In the newly named Golden State Wines UK the institute has […]
Can’t have both The European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) has carried out a poll in Germany, Spain, Poland and the UK involving more than 5000 people. It reveals a conundrum: 91 per cent surveyed think food should remain affordable, but only 54 per cent think farmers should be able to use pesticides to keep prices […]
Vintage is over, equipment cleaned and hoses hung up to drain. Now the business of marketing and selling begins. Winemakers will be on the road, pouring and talking about the 2015 wines and how good the 2016 vintage was. Marketers will be marketing with the usual hit or miss results that we have come to […]