Shorter harvests fail to stir uncertain bulk market The Northern Hemisphere harvests are in full swing and this month’s report relays the latest news from the vineyards on crop size and grape quality. Only one of California, France, Spain and Italy appears on course for a crop size in line with its...
Read MoreSampling is in full swing on the Southern Hemisphere’s 2025 vintage and quality has been rated very positively. The great majority of sampling activity is being carried out by longstanding customers with established programmes and tenders; new buyers, and new programmes, are few. Only Chile and New...
Read MoreSampling is in full swing on the Southern Hemisphere’s 2025 vintage and quality has been rated very positively. The great majority of sampling activity is being carried out by longstanding customers with established programmes and tenders; new buyers, and new programmes, are few. Only Chile and New...
Read MoreWith a new year underway, we at Ciatti wish all of our friends, clients and business associates a very happy and prosperous 12 months ahead. Many thanks for your continued support. If 2022 was characterised by rising inflation levels, and 2023 by interest-rate increases to tackle inflation, then...
Read MoreSince 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...
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Afternoon Brief: CAWG-Sponsored Legislation Signed into Law
This weekend, legislation co-sponsored by the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) was signed into law by Governor Newsom. SB 279 (McNerney) will make it easier for growers across California to...
Afternoon Brief, August 13
U.S. Drinking Rate at New Low as Alcohol Concerns Surge: The percentage of U.S. adults who say they consume alcohol has fallen to 54%, the lowest by one percentage point in Gallups nearly 90-year trend...
Afternoon Brief: Sonoma County Vintners Names Emilie Eliason as Interim Executive Director
She will guide the organization through the transition as Michael Haney departs from the role...
Afternoon Brief: Global Wine Production Falls to Lowest Level Since 1961
Global wine production has plummeted to a 63-year low after frost, heavy rains and drought ravaged vineyards throughout 2024...
Afternoon Brief: Asheville Winery Destroyed During Helene Uncertain About Future
More than three weeks after Helene destroyed parts of western North Carolina, an Asheville winery that connected neighbors to the regions history, is left with nothing...