ProWein Business Report: Challenging in Retrospect; Optimistic Looking Forward

Annually, the ProWein Business Report spotlights the wine industry's paramount issues. A unanimous consensus emerges on rising costs as the primary challenge. However, opinions diverge on strategies to counteract consumption decline. Alexandra Wrann reports.

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Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Grow Significantly in Major Markets

The consumption of (partially) de-alcoholized beverages is expected to continue growing as new customers are entering the market.

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Beyond Bubbles: Exploring the Reasons for Drinking Sparkling Wine

Recent market research data provides insights into how, when, where, and why consumers opt for sparkling wines like Sekt, and who exactly the average consumer of sparkling wine is. Prof Dr Gergely Szolnoki, Christoph Kiefer, Dr Alexander Tacer and Oliver Hennes report.

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German Wine Consumption Continues to Decline

The German Wine Institute reports in its quarterly report a further decline in the number of wine-buying households in Germany.

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Why and How German Consumers Buy the Wines That They Do

Understanding your customers is the key to long-term success, particularly in the saturated domestic German wine market. This makes it worth paying attention to the latest image and target group study by the German Wine Institute (DWI).

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The Changing Face of Wine: Re-evaluating "New World" and "Old World"

The terms New World and Old World have been used for decades to distinguish between countries of origin. M.Sc. Melissa Lohmeyer, Prof. Dr Gergely Szolnoki and Prof. Dr Siegfried Pöchtrager ask if these terms are still meaningful.

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Germans Are Drinking Less Wine, Including Less German Wine

Wine sales are declining in Germany, one of the world's biggest import markets.

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New Report Describes Polarized Wine Industry and Raises Questions Over PDOs

Robert Joseph analyses the 'State of the International Wine Market in 2022', a report published by Rafael Del Rey and Prof Simone Loose.

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Seven Ways to Improve Winery Profitability

When a panel of wine industry experts convened to discuss the latest SVB Annual Direct-to-Consumer Wine Survey Report, they also offered some suggestions on how to make more money. Felicity Carter listened in.

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