Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Zonin not happy about Chinese market
10 million more for Zonin 1821, which closed 2016 193 million euro (+ 3.8%).
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Venturini Amarone selected at Onav China Masterclass
Venturini, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG was privileged to be selected during the first ONAV China - Amarone della Valpolicella Masterclass. The event was part of Vinitaly China activities on March 21, 2017.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Fongyee Walker MW: Italy? Still lots to be done in China!
First Master of Wine in mainland China, winning with her Dragon Phoenix Wine Consulting the title as best WSET school in 2016, educator and judge in the main competitions and Asian tastings, Fongyee Walker is one of the most popular person in the wine industry in China. Follow an excerpt from her interview.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
ASC has announced price-up to be implemented from January 1st 2017
Recently, ASC Fine Wines has announced that price adjustment is going to be implemented from January 1st 2017 due to the cost increase.
Friday, August 12, 2016
Chinese wine consumers are rising
Chinese imported wine market is developing and changing. The major consumers have transferred from “Prestige-seeking Traditionalists” to normal consumers who are younger, less interactive, willing to buy entry level wines. The newly emerging consumers drink wines more often than traditional consumers, expecting to seek cost-effective wines.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Internationalization of high-end Italian family wine business
International Marketing Trend Conference 2016, Venice, January 21st-23rd 2016
“Internationalization of Family Business in High-Range Italian Wine: the Perspective of Some Italian Key Players”
Some interesting remarks extrapolated from the abstract:
Italian wine positioning
“Italy and France share the leadership of the world wine exports in 2014, with a significant difference: Italy leads in export volumes (20.5 against 14.7 million hl of France); France in revenues (7.94 billion € against 5.11 billion € of Italy). The internationalization strategies of Italian wine are still influenced by a positioning problem, expressed by the average export price: € 2.49/liter of Italian wine against € 5,4/liter of French wine, compared to a world average export price of € 2.6/liter”
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Tenute Silvio Nardi, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
On November 18th 2015, Shanghai Centree Trading Co., Ltd. (上海丰本泰贸易有限公司) held an Italian wine tasting at Le Verre à Vin, 1221 Changle Rd, Shanghai
Wines tasted:
- Tenute Silvio Nardi, Rosso di Montalcino DOC
- Tenute Silvio Nardi, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
- Braida, Il Baciale’, Monferrato DOC
- Braida, Montebruna, Barbera d’Asti DOCG
- Braida, Bricco dell’Uccellone, Barbera d’Asti DOCG
- Braida, Vigna Senza Nome, Moscato d’Asti DOCG
- Braida, Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
China imported 264,000 bottles of Asti DOCG
The aromatic and sweet bubbles of Asti DOCG are among the most exported Italian wine worldwide.
Data from Asti DOCG consortium says that China imported in 2015 Jan-Sep 264.000 bottles, which result on a estimated total 360.000.
[source; Consorzio Asti DOCG]
Unfortunately the volume decreased compare to same period last year (2014 Jan-Sep 350.000 bottles – 24,5%), but it is still a significant number – something like 3 small 20” container arriving in China every month as average.