Blogging wine economists
2008-05-09
The American Association of Wine has launched a new blog on the theme of wine, economics and marketing. Some of the subjects discussed already are:
The American Association of Wine has launched a new blog on the theme of wine, economics and marketing. Some of the subjects discussed already are:
Parisians in need of cash can now go to the pawn shop and leave their wines. Crédit Municipal de Paris, who opened shop for wine
In the last Brief we talked about GrapeNetworks who has developed a solution based on climate and humidity sensors connected through a WiFi network to
A group of environmentally minded people have launched a petition to preserve and promote the natural cork, and in particular the forests that produce the
In dramatic contrast to Denmark, let’s take a look at Sweden and the sales statistics. The “old world” is struggling considerably more here, and in
France, Italy and Spain are holding on to their positions on the Danish market although they have lost a few percentage points in market share.
The gross profit at the Swedish monopoly retailer was 39 million euro (366 M SEK) in 2007. It is a drastic decrease from 2006 when
Wine is, according to a press release from The Wine Institute, the number one finished agricultural product in retail value in the US. Here’s some
Domestic sales of American wines increased to 1,700 million litres, up 2%. Measured in value, sales within the US was worth $18.9 billion.
2007 was a record year also for American wine exports. Wine worth $951M (€606M) were shipped, up 8.6% in value. Californian wines completely dominate US
Austria continues to develops its wine exports. In 2007 it is estimated that exports will reach 56 million litres or €105 M. Contributing to the
The vine on the Place de la Victoire in Bordeaux was planted sometimes towards the end of the 18th century and it is still standing.
Finally, the Swedish state has sold V&S Vin & Sprit, the producer of Absolut Vodka. After an outdrawn bidding process the French company Pernod Ricard
A small wine bar in one of the old ‘passages’ (indoor shopping gallery) close to the big boulevards. The peculiarity with this wine bar is
Isabelle and Mathieu Champart is a charming wine maker couple who fell in love with the spectacular scenery in Saint Chinian, one of the appellations
David Fourtout is the winemaker and owner of this excellent winery in Bergerac, a little bit east of Bordeaux. In the recently built winery building
Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 57, April 2008 Snow in Chablis. It’s not exactly what you expect in April but we had it a
Scandinavia’s biggest (semi-annual) wine and spirit show will this year take place on April 23-26. They have extended the fair to cover four days, two
Amazon.com, the world’s largest internet shopping site, will start selling wine. They are in the process of recruiting a buyer to be responsible for the
Most wine lovers would probably not hesitate, with a longing in their eyes, to say that Bordeaux Premier Cru refers to the top five chateaux
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