It’s no secret that people are drinking less. The consistent, downward trends in alcohol consumption are presenting significant challenges to the wine industry, which is already having to operate in a complex, competitive marketplace. In order to dissect what is happening in the world of wine and figure out how to make adjustments, industry leaders need solid information on which to base their current business practices and future projections. Fortunately, the industry has Terrain, a group of experts providing exclusive insights and forecasting to customers of American AgCredit and other participating Farm Credit associations in order to promote a more vigorous agricultural economy. Chris Bitter, Ph.D., a senior wine and grape analyst with Terrain and American AgCredit, has recently written two comprehensive articles for "Winescape", a publication that delves into current wine sales data and explores what those show about trending topics such as overall alcohol consump

For over 30 years, we’ve partnered with wineries of all sizes to provide expert winemaking services tailored to real-world harvest needs. From precision alcohol adjustment and dealcoholization services to fermentation troubleshooting, BevZero is here to take complexity out of the crush season and help you produce your best wine, every time. We don’t just support winemakers, we work alongside them. Our global team of winemakers, food scientists, and beverage technologists are embedded in the industry, bringing first-hand experience and scientific expertise to every solution. Why BevZero? A Partner Rooted in Innovation Founded in 1991, BevZero pioneered vacuum distillation for alcohol reduction in wine, a process that quickly became a standard in the industry. But our commitment to innovation didn’t stop there. Today, BevZero operates globally, offering advanced winemaking support from our facilities in the U.S., Spain, and South Africa. Our services are designed to sol

The Australian ‘Black Summer’ of 2019/20, which saw bushfires destroy swathes of vineyard land across the country was a dramatic reminder of the growing challenges facing winemakers around the world. We spoke to leading Australian winemakers and lab technicians to find out how agile decision-making is helping to deal with the consequences of global warming. Offering alarming proof of the escalating effects of climate change, in November 2019 bushfires blazed through New South Wales, scorching more than five million hectares of land following Australia’s hottest and driest year on record. In December 2019, the fires swept through the Adelaide Hills, destroying 650 ha of vines in the region, and wiping out entire vineyards. Making matters worse, the smoke from the fires was far-reaching, rendering vineyard plots from Canberra to the Hunter Valley useless. Ravaging an estimated 24.3 million hectares of land in total and destroying over 3,000 buildings, the September 2019

Since its peak in 2007, when some 250 million hectolitres was consumed, global wine consumption has trended downward amid successive headwinds: the 2007-08 financial crisis and its long aftermath, China’s 2018-19 economic slowdown, then the end of a post-pandemic rally. The International Organisation of Vine & Wine (OIV) provisionally estimates 2022 consumption at 232 million hectolitres, in line with 2020 and – before that – 2002. In short, the consumption gains made this century have been lost.  A considerable factor in this shrinkage is China. While the other major winedrinking countries have consumed wine at a roughly steady rate, the OIV estimates Chinese consumption has declined by two million hectolitres every year since 2018, so that China drank in 2022 less than half of what it did four years before. It was hoped the lifting of strict COVID-19 measures in January would unleash pent-up Chinese demand for imports including wine, but while exports have

January activity was mainly confined to the Southern Hemisphere as its 2023 harvests get underway and, as is usual, crop expectations begin to influence bulk wine buying behaviour. The potential for one of the smallest crops of the past 20 years in Argentina has stimulated some activity there and in neighbouring Chile, while conservative buying in South Africa thawed in the new year, as international buyers sourced remaining 2022 wines to last them until vintage 2023 is ready.  Australia – like Argentina, expecting a shorter crop – has been receiving good interest levels on its entry-level reds. Very competitive pricing on these helped Australia’s bulk wine export volumes grow by 7% in 2022, driven by significant increases in shipments to the US (+67%) and Canada (+81%). China’s opening up since January – and the growing prospect that it might reduce its import tariffs on Australian wine – could be good news in the global struggle to reduce red

Australian Vintage Limited (AVL), one of the largest global wine producers committed to quality grape and wine production, has chosen InnoVint as its vineyard and winery management software to advance AVL’s viticulture and wine production operations.  “AVL needed a modern, feature-rich, and fully mobile winery system to take our winemaking process to the next level while contributing to our sustainability journey with paperless digital adoption. InnoVint was the clear choice for us as it encapsulated all these requirements while also delivering one of the best user interfaces we have seen on any software,” says Josh Gibbons, CIO at AVL.  “We’re thrilled to find such an innovative, sustainability-focused wine partner to enhance our global enterprise business. Our visions perfectly align. We both have a deep passion and enthusiasm for the value great technology can bring to winery efficiency, quality management, and profitability,” says

Live presentation from the Future Drinks Expo

Afternoon Brief, May 23rd

California’s Newest Sonoma AVA the West Sonoma Coast: The West Sonoma Coast Vintners is proud to announce the TTB’s approval of the newly established West Sonoma Coast American Viticultural Area (AVA)...

RedChirp will be exhibiting at the Future Drinks Expo in San Francisco on May 17th.  Stop by to see us at table 27. Come See Our Presentation: While you are at the expo, take time to come listen to Founder Jennie Gilbert speak about effective and alcohol-industry compliant strategies for text messaging: Title: SMS Text Messaging: effective and alcohol-industry compliant strategies Time: 3:20 pm Location: Grand BallRoom Description: More businesses than ever are embracing text messaging to improve how they communicate with prospects, customers, and members. Texting saves you time. Texting sells more products. And customers LOVE it. But not just any mass-market texting platform will work for your extra compliance burdens, and many of them consider messages about alcohol prohibited content. Come learn how to start, execute, and grow your text strategy, including best practices and industry-specific examples of web-to-text chat, 1:1 and bulk texting, payment collection by

Get real insights on how to apply new tech and solutions in your business. How to adopt and transform and grow for tomorrow. 15 Speakers, 12 Keynotes, 4 Panels Sessions will challenge you the future and what you are doing right now. Anyone curious about the future of the drinks industry, or looking for new and better solutions for their business from all 3 tiers of the drinks industry is invited to attend the show. If you have a solution that will help your customer grow revenue, save money, be more efficient or a solution that the drinks industry needs to know, then you should exhibit. Click Here to Register