Categoria: Wine & Beverage News
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Wine, brand and quality: the most awarded wineries (with at least one wine) by Italian wine guides
WineNews comparison: Petrolo makes 9 out of 9, then San Leonardo, Tenuta San Guido, Ca’ del Bosco, Tasca d’Almerita and Terlano with 8 publications The producer’s brand, in an increasingly competitive and crowded world of wine labels, is increasingly important. And according to all the studies and those who live the market every day, it…
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From bold brews to bright: America’s beer tastes are shifting
America’s beer diet has gotten a lot more square writes Kathleen Willcox. Before the pandemic, beer culture was ruled by small-batch 450-calorie pastry stouts and funky, 9% IPAs. In 2019, craft brewers grew their production by 4% year-over-year, and increased their retail dollar value by 6%. Times have changed. Now, craft is cratering, and light lagers, n/a options…
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The world “Prosecco” dominates among sparkling wines. And that of Asolo exceeds 30 million bottles
For the Montello DOCG new record, “with a constant growth in quantity and quality,” stresses the Consortium led by Michele Noal If Italian sparkling wines are the category that has kept the overall accounts of the sector in the positive in recent years, part of the credit goes to the growth of Metodo Classico, from…
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Armenia Is Producing Some of the World’s Most Interesting Wines — If You Can Find Them
The country’s indigenous old vine grapes allow producers to create wine unlike anywhere else in the world. Despite historical hurdles, they’ve only just begun. Vines in Armenia are old. In fact, some of them are very old, dating back 150 years, and yet are still more than able to produce grapes for wine. For the…
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UNESCO recognises Japanese sake-making with koji mold
Sake-making in Japan has joined the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list, with special mention for its oft-forgotten ingredient, koji. Joining a list that includes beer culture in Belgium, Cuban light rum masters and Georgian qvevri winemaking, Japan’s sake-making tradition has been inscribed by UNESCO as an example of intangible cultural heritage. The official wording – ‘Traditional knowledge and skills…
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American single malt whiskey gains official category recognition
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has issued its final rule establishing a new American single malt whiskey category. The move will “help protect and promote this growing category”, according to the American Single Malt Commission (ASMWC) and the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS). “This is a landmark ruling…
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The wine and beverage machinery industry is worth 5 billion, but a drop for 2024 is foreseen
The estimations by Osservatorio del Vino Uiv on the occasion of Simei: for wine sector, according to a survey, a strong demand reduction is awaited Technical innovation, and stronghold of the international market. This is the “anti-crisis” recipe of the beverage, wine and bottling machinery industry made in Italy, protagonist, until November 15, at Simei by…
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US winemakers revive sales with SMS marketing, sustainability and innovation
Evading the broad structural decline in wine sales completely may not be possible for every brand all the time, but winemakers are finding incredible success in certain pockets of the wine industry writes Kathleen Willcox. Notably, as seemingly unrelated as these pockets may be, they all share one thing in common: they reflect a changing marketplace,…