- US winemakers oppose trade benefits for
Chile.
Bringing Chile into the North American Free Trade Agreement could spell disaster for the U.S. wine industry, say lobbyists who oppose any further reductions of U.S. tariffs on Chilean wines as part of Chile's accession to NAFTA. Bob Kalik, president of the Washington-based American Vintners Assocation, warns that a free-trade ......
- Worldbeat.
California wine exporters who have a good market in the UK might want to take a close look at new numbers on Chilean exports to the UK. Statistics released by the UK office of Wines of Chile show the volume of exports to the UK increased by 25.2% in the ......
- WorldBeat.
Reacting to a huge increase in plantings and wine production, a top industry executive predicted that very few new vineyards will be planted in Chile over the next three years, as the planted area more than doubled between 1990 and 2000. Vineyards in Chile expanded from 65,200 hectares (251 square ......
- Chilean wine industry contends with its own
success.
Over the last decade the emergence of New World wine producers in the international market has to some extent diluted the dominance of traditional wine producers such as France, Italy, Spain and Germany. Chile has played a lead role in this process with the national industry growing exponentially. In only ......
- Worldbeat.
No matter how many prayers California wine producers offer to the gods of wine, Australia isn't going to go away. Alice White, already a top-selling Australian wine, has launched a television advertising campaign in the United States, which the company calculates will be seen 15 times by the average wine ......
- Chile's impact on the world bulk wine
market.
Chile's impact on the world bulk wine market Chile has become a major player in the international bulk wine market. The Chilean success is based on two things: (1.) Quality; (2.) Price. Many market observers believe Chilean price-quality relationship is much better than the new wave of varietal wines from ......
- Beginning to make waves in the wine
world.
When a connoisseur mentions South American wine, consumers think of Argentina, Chile or Brazil-rarely Uruguay. Fernando Deicas, president of Establecimiento Juanico, would like to change that. His company recently signed a joint venture with French distributors William Pitters and announced it would invest $1 million to buy land to boost ......