Europe is putting real momentum behind energy efficiency and sustainability, and the wine sector is right in the middle of it. We were at Barcelona Wine Week. The message was that automation and AI are becoming practical tools to run operations better, cut energy use, and make faster decisions based on real data. That is where VinWizard fits, energy efficiency for wineries through automation, connecting operations, data, and control to deliver measurable savings without major infrastructure changes. In Spain, this push is also being driven by the Federación Española del Vino (FEV) and its Digitalization Hub, bringing wineries and technology companies together to accelerate real projects.  

Quest for Well-being, Thirst for Experimentation, and Pursuit of Sustainability: Verallia unveils its 2025 Trends for the Wine and Spirits Market Each year, Verallia, the European leader in glass packaging, presents its Trend Book for the wine and spirits market. Created this year in collaboration with Barcelona-based agency Morillas, the Trends Book aims to inspire and highlight key sector developments and future directions. For 2025, four major trends emerge in response to more engaged consumers seeking new experiences and prioritizing well-being above all. This Trends Book will also introduce new designs ready to be developed by Verallia’s teams. Reflecting new wine and spirits consumption practices, the 2025 Trends Book is viewed through the lens of three distinct consumer profiles. The Drink Personas shaping new market horizons The Eco-activists: Concerned with environmental issues, they favour brands committed to sustainability (local production, recyclable packaging,

Afternoon Brief, June 12th

Sonoma County Wine Auction to Be Hosted at Historic Chateau St. Jean Winery: Sonoma County Vintners Foundation is delighted to announce that the charitable Sonoma County Wine Auction has been renamed as the Sonoma County Wine Celebration and will be held at the beautiful Chateau St. Jean Winery on Saturday, September 21...

Afternoon Brief, October 30th

Rudy Back in the Fake Wine Game: The world's most notorious wine counterfeiter is at it again – this time with his clients' blessings...

“The global wine industry,” wrote Rabobank in its latest Wine Quarterly, “has evolved in a context of cheap freight, cheap energy, and declining trade barriers […] these assumptions may be far less certain than we had previously assumed”. We echo this message, though we see each of the three assumptions being challenged to differing extents.  The last issue cited, the re-emergence of trade barriers, can be attributable to localised political volatility that eventually passes: for example, the US-EU aircraft subsidies dispute appears to be over, so too Brexit’s acutest effects on trade. The world is united in hoping the Russia-Ukraine conflict, too, ends imminently. Such wounds to global trade are patched-up by workarounds and innovation; trade adjusts to the new realities, and carries on. China’s blocking of Australian wine imports is an opportunity for red wine suppliers elsewhere in the world, for example.  Of greater fundamental c

‘Raimat Natura’, a 700-hectare park in Costers del Segre D.O. and home to more than 100 different species of flora and fauna, will open its doors with free admission to the public in the Spring 2021. Barcelona, December 1, 2020 – Raimat winery estate, focused on becoming one of the leading Spanish wineries with the organic production certificate granted by the […] The post Raimat Winery Starts Project to Open Spain’s Largest Vineyard Nature Reserve appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2020/12/02/raimat-spains-largest-vineyard?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=raimat-spains-largest-vineyard Published Date:Wed, 02 Dec 2020 19:13:27 +0000