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.
As the US celebrates 90 years since the repeal of Prohibition, Robert Joseph looks back at the history of liquor bans globally and wonders if they are really a thing of the past.
Spain’s wines are better than ever, but their sales in the US market don’t reflect this. Jeff Siegel asks why Spain can’t get out of the lower segments.
Not only is the US the world’s biggest wine market by value, but few countries can offer the variety of wines, regions and styles available to American consumers.
It’s got a wine-growing history that dates back to the Roman world. It’s got more than 220 authorised grape varieties over 55,000 hectares of vineyards, and it’s one of the most exciting wine-growing countries in Europe.