Monday, March 13, 2006

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Tell me what wine you drink, and tell you how much you spend for dinner ... (Excluding wine!)

E 'output in these days a search American NPD habits in the consumption of alcohol and their correlation with the average account dinner.
For example it was found that those who do not drink wine, spend some dollars for dinner, 12:00; red wine drinkers, on average spend twice for dinner (excluding wine!) And those who drink white wine will spend a happy medium.
Another interesting result is that those who drink wine at the restaurant takes the cake with higher probability of those who does not drink wine.
addition, if the beer is still the favorite alcoholic drink at lunch (55%), down 45% at dinner, where the owners are the wine and cocktails.
Pictures Samantha Villagran

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Hot Water Cornbread Using Jiffy Cornbread Mix

Dynasty: Large investments in China to increase production

Dynasty Fine Wines Group Ltd , the Franco-Chinese joint venture established in the 80 (perhaps the name was inspired by his legendary saga to American television?? ) today announced major investment with the objective of increasing its production capacity.
Already among the largest wine producers in China (along with Changyu, Great Wall, Tonghua and holds 60% market share) plans to invest € 40 million to increase its porduzione 40%, from 50 thousand tons per year to 70 thousand by the end of 2008. All this is part of already very strong financial performance also marked the listing in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since January 2005 - to note that 26% of the shares owned by Rémy Cointreau, one of the two largest shareholders, together with Tianjin Development Holdings LTD.

The large production of Dynasty is diversified to meet the diverse needs of consumers, providing 50 types of wines with different price positioning and divided into four main categories: red, white, sparkling wines and brandy. Among the priority objectives of the extension of its sales network in Guangdong province in the country on, but nothing I found on future expansion into Western markets ...

Sources Vitisphere and Dynasty

Saturday, March 4, 2006

What Does Isabella Sopranodo Today

Spanish wines: latest figures for domestic sales and exports growing

While in Spain fall again, domestic sales, exports increase in value.

In 2005, domestic sales in the English market fell by 4.4%, a drop largely driven by contraction Horeca (-5.9%) which still represents the largest volume (58.5 % of English wine is consumed outside the home. From then indicate the shift in consumer preferences from table wines in favor of designations of origin (+7.8%), both in households and in those outside the home. It therefore follows the reduction of the amount in favor of quality that is a known phenomenon in our market.

At the same time, English exports in 2005 grew in value (+1.25%) in parallel with a decrease in volume (-1.7%), although in an average price of wine exports amounted to 1.09 € per liter.
Again, the important role of bottled wines, particularly whites who doubled in value.
Among the main export markets have led the English: Germany, Great Britain, the United States but also France, which together account for 50% of English exports in value, while volume in head-to-all are France, Germany , Portugal and Britain.

Via Vitisphere 1, 2

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Gas And Heartburn After Food Poisoning

ad spending for wine and spirits in China

While the growth in advertising spending that has occurred in recent years in China begins to slow down in 2005 there was a ' surge in advertising spending for wine and other alcoholic beverages. Among the factors, the reduction of import duties on spirits which has attracted foreign investors. Wine and spirits

fit well in a broader basket of products heavily advertised, all belonging to the category of "luxury goods!, Which aim to exploit the pro-Western way of life that is developing in rising middle class.

media where you spend the most are television and print media, although it is losing position (-1%) for the benefit of radio, TV (+19%) and outdoor advertising (+79%).

Via WineIndustryReport