by Richard Moyse | Feb 18, 2026 | News
The global wine industry in early 2026 is navigating a major crisis characterized by historically low consumption and production, forcing widespread vineyard removals in France and California. While volume sales slump due to changing demographics and health trends,...
by Richard Moyse | Nov 14, 2025 | News
In 2025, global wine output is inching towards recovery – up 3% from 2024 – where wine production nosedived to a 63-year low. However, it is still 7% below the five-year average, according to initial data from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV)....
by Richard Moyse | Sep 9, 2025 | News
Global wine sales have now declined for three years – and the causes are structural and transitory – but there are solutions. Almost no major markets are in growth mode… and the US, for both domestic and foreign suppliers, has been declining since the middle of...
by Richard Moyse | Jul 16, 2025 | News
It’s been drained of personality. Zero percent beer has become better and better and a more than acceptable alternative to alcoholic beers. But Vintners are in no rush to join the party. A few weeks ago, I took a bottle of non-alcoholic wine, along with other wines,...
