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Daejeon International Wine Festival in South Korea
Power lists 2022 Sep 22

Wine Booms Online in South Korea

The South Korean wine market is showing impressive growth. Behavioural shifts that evolved during the global pandemic, such as drinking at home, ordering and studying wine online, are becoming more widespread. New categories like natural, orange, biodynamic and lower alcohol wine are spiking consumer interest, and the demand for wine education is surging. The increasing popularity of wine amongst younger drinkers indicates additional growth opportunities for brand owners and producers. Louise Hurren reports.

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Analysis

Dramatic increase of Champagne sales (Photo: nikitos77/stock.adobe.com)

Champagne and Sparkling Wine – Booming US Sales

Analysis 2022 Sep 16

In 2021, thirsty US wine drinkers popped 69% more Champagne corks than the previous year. Some of that dramatic increase can be attributed to the impact of Covid on 2020, but sales are still growing and, as Sarah Philips McCartan reveals, France’s iconic fizz is not the only beneficiary of this trend.

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Paper bottles from Frugalpac (Photo: Frugalpac)

Alternative Packaging: Everything But Glass

Analysis 2022 Sep 15

Alternative packaging in the wine industry promotes climate benefits. What possibilities are there to replace the emission-intensive disposable glass? Vincent Messmer reports.

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News

No additional taxes in UK? (Photo: jpgon/stock.adobe.com)

UK Freezes Wine Tax Until 2025

News 2022 Sep 23

The United Kingdom has one of the highest tax regimes on alcohol in the world. It was feared that a new regime to be applied next February would have made matters even worse, while introducing unworkable impracticality into the UK trade. Those threats have been lifted. For the moment.

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Healthy grapes: harvest 2022 / Collection CIVC

Champagne 2022: Big and Good

News 2022 Sep 23

The 2022 harvest in Champagne, which began on 20 August, is over, and grapegrowers and winemakers are looking forward to replenishing the region's empty cellars with plentiful stocks of high quality wine.

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General

Robert Joseph - the Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate - Will Young Sommeliers be the Influencers of Tomorrow?

General 2022 Sep 23

In recent years, traditional wine critics have been increasingly supplanted by young influencers on Instagram and YouTube. Freshly returned from a 'Sommelier Bootcamp'  Robert Joseph wonders if that new breed of communicators might be about to face a challenge of their own.

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Devil's Advocate - Making Wine More Than a Summer Romance
General 2022 Sep 9
Devil's Advocate - Maximizers and Satisficers? Which are You? And How About Your Customers?
General 2022 Sep 8
Devil's Advocate - Yes, People Do Need Help When Choosing Wine
General 2022 Sep 6
Devil's Advocate: Stop Telling Other People What to Do
General 2022 Sep 2

Sponsored Reports

A quarter of Carnuntum’s vineyard area is dedicated to Zweigelt. The wines tend to be compact on the palate, with cool and complex aromas, and a juicy structure.

100-Year Anniversary Zweigelt

Sponsored reports 2022 Sep 8

Charming and bursting with juicy, red-berried fruit, Austria’s most popular and widely planted black grape variety celebrates its 100th birthday in 2022.

Casalobos Winery

The Casalobos Winery is Put up to Public Auction for 1.7 Million Euros

Sponsored reports 2022 Jun 9

Fully equipped to return to business immediately — a building of 5,000 square meters, the transfer of 35 hectares of vineyards of four varieties and machinery.

Organized by Escrapalia, the sale will be divided in two phases:

  • submission of bids until July 12, and
  • online auction until July 20.
Luca Sartori, CEO Casa Sartori 1898, Francesco De Alessi, Sales & Marketing director, and Andrea Sartori, CEO Casa Sartori 1898

Casa Sartori 1898: Traditions for Today’s Tastes

Sponsored reports 2022 May 12

Family Sartori has an indissoluble bond to the rich traditions and wine culture of the Veneto region, and they pair this with an acute ear for the demands of modern consumers.

Wines of Romania, Viile Metamorfosis

Wines of Romania

Sponsored reports 2022 May 9

Romania, a country with a long and established wine culture, at ProWein.

Events

World Bulk Wine Exhibition

WBWE Bulk Wine Fair Expected to Attract Record Numbers of Visitors

Events 2022 Sep 23

The Annual Bulk Wine Fair in Amsterdam has grown to become one of the main events on the wine calendar - despite, or perhaps thanks to, its down-to-earth ambience.

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Marketing

New partnership of baseball and wine (Photo: master1305/stock.adobe.com)

The Baseball Sommelier

Marketing & Wine tourism 2022 Sep 8

One of the most famous baseball teams in the US has formed a partnership with a leading Master Sommelier.

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Styles and Regions

60 white wines at the VDP preview (Photo: Peter Bender)

VDP White GG 2021: Wide Field of White

Styles & Regions 2022 Sep 22

A good 60 white wines other than Riesling entered the lineup at the preview. This large complement to the traditional white wine GGs is far more than a marginal note of the Wiesbaden preview. Some of the wines were of a particularly high standard. Christoph Nicklas reports.

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Academic Papers

Dramatic changes after the Russian invasion (Photo: vallerato/Stock.Adobe.com)

Ukraine: Wine During Wartime

Academic Papers 2022 Aug 23

Ukraine has recently begun to rediscover its winemaking, receiving international recognition, obtaining ever higher marks at international competitions. However, all these challenges were nothing compared to the problems, which Ukrainian winemakers face due to the Russian invasion and war, which started in February 2022. Guest article by Jenia Nikolaichuk, Ukrainian wine expert and Andrii Tarasov (Hochschule Geisenheim University).

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