Australia’s wine exports to China and the USA are recovering

AUSTRALIA (Sydney) – According to the latest statistics, the exports of Australian top wines to China and the USA are growing. Wine exports in this segment have been growing during the past twelve months by March 2013 by 10 percent compared to the same period of time in the year before, Wine Australia reports. Even though, domestic wine industry is observing the slight recovery in exports rather with composure, viewing the strong Australian dollar.

Debut at the ProWein fair: Englands’s vintners are planning to increase exports

GERMANY (Düsseldorf) – Past year’s celebrations on the occasion of the 60th throne jubilee of the queen and around the London Olympic Games encouraged the English wine industry to focus on export business in 2013....

Austria’s 2012 vintage: small quantity, high quality

AUSTRIA (Vienna) – According to the Österreich Wein Marketing (ÖWM, Austria Wine Marketing), 2.15 million hectoliters of wine had been produced in 2012. This is below the long-term average, above all due to the late...

New quality management in Moldova

MOLDOWA (Chișinău) - During the next few months, a new national wine brand is to be brought to western markets: “Wine Moldova” stands for wines from the former Soviet republic between Romania and Ukraine; Moldova...

Russia’s bureaucracy impedes wine imports

RUSSIA (Moscow) – In 2012, taxes, import controls and licensing impeded above all the imports of US wines to Russia. The Russian bureaucracy used its full potential to impede the emerging market for US wines in Russia....

US wine imports: Argentina, Chile and Australia declining

USA (Sacramento) – Recently, at the annual Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento, the Gomberg, Fredrikson and Associates company (GFA), specialized in consulting and analyses for the wine industry, presented an...

Kremlin lifts the import ban for wines from Georgia

RUSSIA (Moscow) – According to insiders from Georgia’s wine scene, Russia’s import ban for wines from Georgia will probably be lifted. Experts from Russia’s scene confirm this and state the import ban will be...

New Zealand successful with sales offensive in China

NEW ZEALAND (Wellington) – Supported by New Zealand’s government, the wine industry started an offensive marketing and sales in China in the middle of past year – with great success. The basis for this initiative...

The Guardian: "Do you want to boycott South African wine?"

SOUTH AFRICA (Cape Town) – The African National Congress (ANC) call from last week to support workers in the wine and fruits industry who are on strike was followed by a call for boycott from the British The Guardian...

Brazil eases restrictions for wine imports

BRAZIL (Brasilia) - The Brazilian government counters a campaign to restrict the import rate for wines with an increased shelf-space for foreign wines in all supermarkets of the country. This action is a deal between the...

Italy: Synthetic closures for DOC and DOCG

ITALY (Rome) - It was the first time for Italy’s authorities to allow the use of synthetic corks and screw caps for DOC and DOCG wines of higher categories. So, producers of synthetic corks like Nomacorc have access to...