Issue 1, 2017 of Meininger's Wine Business International magazine

100 years of wine in Finland

Wine consumers in Europe’s cold north are navigating their way through big brands, a big monopoly, and vibrant restaurant wine lists, reports Ilkka Sirén.

The art of wine storytelling

What can the wine industry learn from the bestseller 50 Shades of Grey? Felicity Carter looks at the research.

Where there’s a will there’s a fake

Counterfeiting of desirable wines is a growth industry and it’s becoming more sophisticated. Adam Lechmere finds out how to spot a fake.

Could the good times be over?

Producers around the world look at the US market as the place to be. Beware, says Jeff Siegel, because the indications are that the long wine boom is coming to a close.

A new tax scheme in China

Normally, wines exported to China are slapped with a 48.2% tax. A new scheme, however, is less than half of that. Oliver Zhou explains.

A summing up of wine

Robert Joseph went along to the Wine Vision conference, which brought some of the most significant members of the industry to the one stage. This is his report.