Wine

Wine in Western Europe suffers from structural decline, being the largest region globally and facing maturity, as well as downward pressures in terms of the health and wellness trend, premiumisation, and competition from other alcoholic drinks ...

Company strategies in alcoholic drinks vary significantly across categories, especially the main three – beer, wine and spirits. In many cases, there is limited scope for further large-scale acquisitions. However, in addition to organic growth, ...

Brown-Forman was the 15th biggest distiller and the seventh biggest player in RTDs/high-strength premixes in 2017. While seeing healthy growth in both, the company faces a number of challenges. Notably, while the company is geographically relatively ...

Bacardi continues to suffer from too narrow a focus in both geographic and brand terms, leading to declines for many of its brands. Nevertheless with the acquisition of the Patron super-premium brand, the company is making strides certainly in ...

Store-based channels have historically dominated alcoholic drinks retailing. While this is still the case, e-commerce is witnessing highly dynamic growth and starting to transform the landscape. New initiatives, advances in technology and growing ...

2017 is emerging as a vintage year. It is a broad-based and potent cocktail of renewed buoyancy. Yet downside risks remain as new and disruptive trends surface across all key segments. Which are the categories fuelling growth and where is momentum ...

Considerable uncertainty over the multiple trade rulings expected during 2018 remains a major influence on wine in Canada. The Canadian Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling on the legality of inter-provincial trade barriers mid-2018, while a ...

Wine remains a popular drink in the Dominican Republic, with sales fuelled in large part by tourists. At the same time, Dominicans have been increasing their own consumption of wine, especially still red wine. As distribution expands, consumers are ...

Wine is not a traditional product in Guatemala and the lack of domestic production makes it an imported product. Consumers, in the majority, are present in the urban mid- to upper-income groups with higher disposable incomes who follow international ...

As middle- and high-income Costa Ricans increased their understanding of wine culture, distributors unveiled a wider assortment of brands and value proposals, ranging from different types of varietal combinations to specific denomination of origin ...

After experiencing double-digit total volume growth in 2016, still light grape wine continued to see a strong performance in 2017. This confirmed the rising trend in this category, and showed that the performance witnessed in 2016 was not simply a ...

Still light grape wine returned to total volume growth in 2017. However, the category was categorised by ongoing polarisation, with consumers preferring economy priced wines under JPY500 and mid-priced wines over JPY1,000 for ienomi (home drinking), ...

Wine composed of blends of red varietals has for the past decade provided an accessible entry point for new wine consumers. Brands such as Apothic and Ménage à Trois have been the most noteworthy benefactors of this trend and consistently witnessed ...

Wine continues to struggle in Brazil, with the economic crisis forcing many consumers to switch to cheaper products, both on and off trade. Total volume sales in 2017 fell to the lowest level since 2004. The substitution for other alcoholic drinks ...

Excise Tax Act BE 2560 (2017) came into effect on 16 September 2017, combining the previous ad-valorem and specific taxes and changing the base value at which the new combined tax is calculated from the ex-factory (or CIF) price to the suggested ...

There has been a surge in the number of shopping centres in Kenya, such as The Hub Karen Mall, Two Rivers Mall and Garden City. These shopping centres usually boast a wide array of restaurants catering for all types of consumer demand. Furthermore, ...

Uzbekistanis started to consume more wine during 2017. Firstly, this is because the winemakers’ assortments grew. For instance, local producers recently presented a number of new still white wine brands. Wine imports grew as well during the review ...

As well as becoming wealthier, Poles are travelling more. Returning from trips, they are importing fairly large quantities of wine from abroad. However, once the wine supplies run out but consumers are left with fond memories of a good wine from ...

Extended drought effects experienced in South Africa will have detrimental effects on harvests across vineyards. During the review period, famers were already challenged by a decline in irrigation dam levels, with Western Cape’s municipality putting ...

Following the decline of 2016, in 2017 wine stagnated in total volume terms, as the category experienced temporary saturation. At the same time, wine became a victim of the pronounced consumer shift towards beer which in part was triggered by the ...