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The Bulk Wine Club has published the latest data: why Italy and France need to import such a large quantity of bulk wines?

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The Bulk Wine Club has published the latest data relating to the 10 largest exporters and importers of bulk wine (packaging over 10 liters).

From January 2019 to January 2020, the global bulk wine trade reached 33.93 million hectoliters (13% of world wine production estimated at 260 mhl), for a total of 2,472 million euros. These figures represent a 2% increase in volume terms, but a 5.6% decrease in value. The average price fell 7.4% to 0.73 €/liter.

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Wines and territories: Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, geographical term “Tuscany” mandatory on the label

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, geographical term "Tuscany" mandatory on the label

The geographical term “Tuscany” will necessarily accompany all the labels of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Rosso di Montepulciano and Vin Santo di Montepulciano. The changes to the disciplinary of Montepulciano wines also published in the Official Journal of the EU.

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Wine tastings: a delicate balance between objective and subjective factors.

Wine tastings: a delicate balance between objective and subjective factors

However much one tries to study wines, to be professional and precise during a wine tasting, we must admit that other factors can influence results. We need to understand how the brain builds associations and meanings around the brand and to recognize the unconscious drivers behind the preference for a particular wine.

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2019 Top 5 Wine Importers and Exporters

2019 TOP 5 Wine Importers

2019 Top 5 Wine Importers

USA is the biggest wine importers with almost 6.000 million US$ (around 5.400 million €) of bottled wine equivalent to almost 1.200 million bottles 75cl.

After the UK in the second place, China is the 3rd largest market (considering bottled wine only, if we include bulk wine Germany is the 3rd largest). Since sparkling wine is not significant, in 2019 China imported almost 2.300 million US$ (around 2.100 million €) of still bottled wines (<2 litres) equivalent to over 620 million bottles 75cl.

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