Online wine trade will double within five years

UK (London) – In the future, the food industry and discounters will more and more focus on online trade. Then, the beverage industry will have to cope with radical challenges, as a leading economist is forecasting. On the occasion of the annual conference of the Wine and Spirit Association (WSTA), James Walton, chief economist of the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD), issued impressive figures.

dreizehn° - Your wine: The first social wine portal is online

GERMANY (Munich) - This is the first time for wine friends, vintners and wine traders to have a common digital meeting point. Since June, 2012, the social wine portal dreizehn° (pronounced: 13 degrees) offers orientation...

„Red Obsession“ - An amazing wine journey through culture and obsession

FRANCE (Bordeaux) - We are gathering more and more information about the documentary film that tells all about the mutual obsession that is shared between Bordeaux and China. The goal of this documentary is to gain an...

The Masseto has its own home

ITALY (Bolgheri) - Masseto - it is internationally on top level at Liv Ex, the wine exchange, and it was the first Italian wine at Place de Bordeaux. Since 1988, it has been evaluated by renowned institutions within the...

SOMM - How much do you know about wine?

USA (California) - An unprecedented film shows the exhausting way to achieve the qualification of a master sommelier - an exam that has been passed by as few as 200 wine experts so far. SOMM - that’s the title of the...

Guanxi online: Large network for Chinese wine buyers

CHINA (Beijing) - According to a recent Wine Intelligence survey, a research and consultant association for wine and alcohol products located in London, Chinese wine consumers are using the internet more and more,...

New German website of the Bordeaux wines on the Web

FRANCE (Bordeaux) - The professional association for Bordeaux wines, Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) is launching a new German wine website. As part of a new online strategy, Bordeaux will now present...

French Wine Bible expands into China

FRANCE (Paris) - One of the world’s largest and after Jancis Robinson the only serious wine magazine of France, Revue du Vin, plans to launch a monthly Chinese-language edition. The first magazine is to be published in...

A bunch of rubbish? Not this one: The first biowine app - Now available in the iTunes store

GERMANY (Orsingen) - As of now, the colorful world of bio wine is available as an app. The Peter Riegel Wine Import GmbH in Orsingen, Germany's number one in bio wine imports, has developed this app and can now sell it...

International wine-blogger-community thrilled by Austria

AUSTRIA (Vienna) - Between October 22^nd and 26^th, the wine country Austria was the focus of the international wine blogger community. Schönbrunn Castle served as the stylish venue for the European Wine Bloggers...

Between snow storm and compost - “Weinland” presents wine-growing regions

GERMANY (Mainz) – In Southwestern Germany alone, you can find eleven out of the thirteen wine-growing regions and the bulk of German vine sites. They coin the face of this unique culture landscape. With wine journalist...