Category: Wine Blogs
Blog: China in muddle over claims Australian producers are dumping wine
There’s little evidence that Australian wine makers are dumping their product, so it appears China’s latest threat to slap tariffs on exporters has more to do with diplomatic relations. There doesn’t appear to be any background issue relating to these latest allegations, other than Australia-China relations being at an all-time low.
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Blog: Wine antioxidants: a greater perspective
Wine antioxidants: we keep hearing about how they’re good for us. For instance, a glass of red wine at dinner, “for the antioxidants.” It feels a little like “medicinal whiskey.” Is this yet another snake oil cure?
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Blog: Augmented reality in the vineyard, and in your pocket
This week it’s been exciting to learn about a new development for viticulturists and winemakers – an app called Vine Click, from the international team at Terraview. Vine Click uses the phone camera to provide instant plant diagnoses. How? You take pictures of leaves in the vineyard, and receive instant analysis of nutrients and fungal […]
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Bulk wines are essential but need to work on their image
In 2019, bulk wine accounted for 34% of the total volume of wine exported worldwide. All wine countries export part of their production in bulk, some countries more than others. For Spain and the USA, bulk wine accounts for 55% of exports, for South Africa 50%, Australia 46% and Chile 42%.
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Blog: COVID-19 presses the Washington wine industry
Washington wine shipments plunged by 19% in the second quarter relative to the same period last year, and have fallen by 15% during the first six months of 2020. The pandemic has impacted the state’s large and small wineries in roughly equal measure.
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Blog: Is clean wine the new Hydroxychloroquine?
Last week, the wine world was in an uproar. Another celebrity entered the wine industry: Cameron Diaz and her fashionista friend Katherine Power launched their “clean wine” brand Avaline. Alder Yarrow of Vinography immediately called the wine a “commercial scam” and pointed out the fallacy of their claim of “clean wine,” while Esther Mobley warned […]
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Blog: Wine, coronavirus and the falling dollar
At the start of August, the US dollar’s value unexpectedly fell dramatically in July as this chart from x-rates.com shows — the largest monthly drop in a decade. The sudden exchange rate change will affect the economy directly and indirectly in many ways.
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Blog: Why wine matters
This spring, as the coronavirus pandemic swamped the world, sales of wine in America skyrocketed. In April, San Francisco-based online retailer Wine.com was shipping 50,000 bottles a day. One theory had it that people were buying to make sure they had enough wine on hand if things got even worse.
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Blog: Australian winemakers riding pandemic wave could have their best year ever
Both natural acts of destruction have had a significant impact on the economy of Australia, with travel halted and businesses being forced to close. One area, in particular, that has been at risk of a complete downfall is the Australian wine business, something we as a nation are incredibly proud of.
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Blog: What’s the future of virtual wine tastings?
While the present is still grim in some areas (such as South Africa), many wine regions have open up their tasting rooms even in a limited, socially distant capacity. That’s been sure relief for cash-strapped wineries and a welcome respite for wine lovers who need to digitally detox.
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Opinion: Clean wine has a messaging problem
The phrase “clean wine” elicits a reaction akin to finger nails scraping across an old slate blackboard—to those of you unfamiliar with the sensation, consider yourself lucky. Now that you know my visceral reaction to what I view as a fad, an explanation is in order.
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US: How the multimillion-dollar wine auction circuit is going virtual
In 2020, the big-top tents filled with oenophiles, bidding wars, breathless auctioneers and the thrill of winning a coveted lot seems to have gone away. This year’s charity wine auctions up and down the West Coast have been imperilled in the face of COVID-19. The first to go dark was Auction Napa Valley, where a […]
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Blog: COVID’s winery wake-up call: it’s about marketing, not winemaking
Winemaking is important, but the wine sales game has changed dramatically. COVID-19 tasting room closures have proven this. Stop thinking you are in the winery production business, and start believing you are in the wine marketing business. Your competitive advantage is that consumers are supporting authentic brands that resonate with them.
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Blog: For and against the clean wine trend
Where food has led, wine had to follow and ‘clean wine’ is now also a ‘thing’. Many people have just been introduced to the term thanks to the widely trumpeted news that actress Cameron Diaz has launched a new ‘clean wine’ brand called Avaline, working with her friend, the entrepreneur Katherine Power.
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Opinion: The climate is changing, whether we like it or not – What it means to winegrapes and what we can do about it
I’m not an expert in climatology, and I’ll bet most of you are not either. That is why I listen to experts on the subject of climate change. I concluded, long ago, that not only is it real, but humankind has played a large part in the most recent and dramatic changes in weather patterns […]
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Opinion: What is “clean wine”?
Cameron Diaz and her business partner are on the hustings promoting their new product—something called “clean wine”. Here is how they describe this very sanitary liquid which is called Aveline. Alder Yarrow calls this a “commercial scam” and has a comprehensive take down of their misleading claims on his blog.
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