Investments make sense only if they are easy to draw in revenue. In the case of wine – if you compiled wine collection at any time can be realized. If the opportunities to realize not to buy wine for investment purposes – meaningless. In our country you can only buy wine. Where do you sell it then? But to buy from us – it’s expensive. Naturally, the closer to the place of production, the shorter the chain of mediation, the better your purchase. Hence, the purchase and sale should be made to the Western trading floors.

A deposit: Where to store the wine investment to implement? Stored properly, that it was not spoiled? Too – there. If you did not drink, then carry it to and fro?
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Wine prices getting you down? Can’t keep up your Bordeaux habit after 2000?

There’s no question that wine prices have skyrocketed in the last twenty years. What was once your affordable, everyday quaffing Cheval Blanc and Rothschild will now set you back a whopping $745 and $625, respectively. Gone are the days when you can, with a cavalier twist of your Laguiole, pop open successive bottles of Caymus ($97) and Stags Leap ($63 for their Merlot).

Welcome second labels. In response to growing demand for high-quality wines and the resulting stratospheric wine prices, many of the world’s most prestigious wineries have begun to offer us plebeians a chance to dip our tongues into the wine cellars of the rich. With second labels, we can finally close our eyes and pretend to be sticking our noses into the bouquets of the bourgeoisie.
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The Portuguese winery Sogrape Vinhos was appointed by the American magazine Wine Enthusiast for European wine producers in 2010 and awarded the Wine Star Award.

, Arguing from the Wine Enthusiast, the special services of the owner family. This has not only created the famous Mateus Rosé wine in Portugal, the world, but it also managed to have their own national borders to be successful.
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The Little Red Mumm champagne company expects good results for the fiscal year, which makes matters but mysteriously, concrete is to be published in early April.

The company could, said the CEO, Gunter Heise, be with the development in the past year, “duchaus satisfied”. In view of consumer behavior and the economic situation this was not initially been expected to file.
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“To pull the sprint SPARKLING MEDITERRANEAN STYLE AND THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AS A MODEL OF CONSUMPTION. Vallarino Gancia. “It’s the most important sign of confidence of consumers who CONSOLIDATION”

A positive closure for the wine sector with the revival of Italian sparkling wine in all markets and success of the Mediterranean style as a model of consumption here is a summary of the budget Federvini, the association representing the wines, aperitifs, the liqueurs and spirits, for the performance of 2010 and the data indicate that closing more sales in the wine market with a range varying from 3% to 8% depending on the category.

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Origins of varieties

The origins of wine are connected to an Appellation d’Origine conducted by the French, who are one of the producers of most recognized wines worldwide.

The countries recognized for having the best qualities of wine are France , Italy , Spain , Argentina , Portugal , Chile and Algeria , some wines Recently Added Californians United States and other Germans .
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Robert Parker:

“More and more people are choosing wine as their main alcoholic beverage.”

prediction , forecast , Robert Parker In 2004, Robert Parker (Parker) made his famous list of predictions in 12 locations by sight, the future of the wine areas until 2015. Which countries and regions will lead to the production of wine, and what will happen to France, Spain and New World winemaking? How will they behave in the price of great wines, and how the wine consumer will prefer in the future? What role to play in the wine trade online, and how strong position in the traditional cork closure bottles of the future? For these and other points of the world’s leading wine expert gave a brief forecasts.

Below – our translation a list of predictions from Robert Parker Published in the journal Food and Wine in October 2004. “After 10 years, few people remember about old forecasts, however, after some hesitation I decided to make them. Moreover, I am sure they will become a reality sooner rather than later, “- Robert Parker prefaced his text. Since then has passed half-life, and anyone who is more or less follows the wine area, can see how the wine guru was right.
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Chile – the state, stretching for 4,000 kilometers from north to south along the edge of the Andes. Currently in Chile produce excellent wines, which greatly aided by the unique local natural and climatic conditions. Today, Chilean wines are becoming increasingly popular. True connoisseurs of wine compared Chilean wines with French, Italian and Spanish, noting their excellent quality. In the last decade, Chilean wines have become quite popular in Russia.
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Wine of Germany is officially divided into 13 wine growing regions. In seven of them produce Rhine wine (Rheinhessen, Reynpfalts (Palatinate), Rheingau, Nahe, C, Mittelreyn, Hessisch Bergstrasse), in one – the Moselle (Mosel-Saar Ruwer), and in five others (Franconia, Württemberg, Baden, Saale-Unstrut, and Saxony) – various other wines.
Under a law passed in 1879, German wines are classified on their natural richness and flavor intensity in three quality categories:

Deutschertafelwein – German table wine, shall be made from grapes harvested in a region of Germany. For table wine tasting test is not mandatory, but it must conform to the laws of clean products and product descriptions that are very tough.
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Joel Payne is known in the wine industry as a leading expert and critic of the wines of Germany, as well as editor in chief Meininger’s Wine Business International – the only magazine for professionals vinotorgovogo market with global reach.

Eleonora Scholes met with him to discuss the role of supermarkets in sales of wine, their current problems and the latest world trends.

How great is the power of supermarkets in the global sales of wine?
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