Global wine production climbs 3% in 2025

Global wine production climbs 3% in 2025

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)....
Why wine has a problem and how to solve it

Why wine has a problem and how to solve it

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...
Why is non-alcoholic wine not great?

Why is non-alcoholic wine not great?

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,...
Chile’s 2024 harvest declared ‘excellent’

Chile’s 2024 harvest declared ‘excellent’

After a growing season of marked climatic contrasts, Chile’s 2024 harvest has been declared as excellent. This year’s harvest has been unusually long in Chile, spanning as many as four months, due to opposing conditions in the far north of the country, compared to the...