News of the bulk spirits and alcohols sector

As has been made public by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Magrama), the estimation of wine production for the 2014/15 campaign stands at 39.44 million hectoliters (-26.3%). Although this is a preliminary forecast based on data from 30th June (will be updated as soon as the different regions provide the requested information), does serve […]

This week has been chosen by several bodegas to start posting the first prices for grapes in the 2014/15 campaign. One of the most important ones, Vinartis (García Carrión), did it on Tuesday: Tempranillo / Varietales grape with D.O. Baume and 13º Baumé or higher: 0.01923 euros/kilogrado. Red Tempranillo grape with D.O. and less than 13º […]

Maria Luisa Soriano, Counselor of Agriculture of the Spanish region Castilla-La Mancha, has managed to wrest the commitment of the Ministry for not applying the compulsory distillation of wine for industrial and energy use up to 4 million hectoliters (wielded by Royal Decree to be published in the following days) if market conditions during September improve and wine […]

BulkWineandSpirits.com, one of the main websites specialized in bulk wines and alcohols, represented by its manager Miguel Vidal, was present in the first edition of IMEX Fair held in Valencia. The meeting, whose main objective is to promote exports and the internationalization of local companies, was held at the Chamber of Commerce of Castellón and attended by entrepreneurs from […]

The Spanish bulk wine industry lives hard days and requires new business strategies that would enable it to cope with the threats posed by the slowdown in demand in countries -until now emerging – such as China and Russia, or the competence of the South American wines (where there are also big stocks) and wines enriched with sugar. And on top of that, there is […]

Against the initial predictions of the National Institute of Viticulture (INV), who informed that Argentina would have one of the five lowest harvests of the last thirty years, when it has not yet finished the current harvest has already produced 25.7 million quintals, which represents a prediction error of 22.7% that is sure to be even greater. The […]

The Japanese company Suntory agrees to buy Beam for 16,000 million dollars. The transaction, expected to definetely close in the second quarter of the year, supposes the creation of the third largest producer of wines and spirits in the world with a turnover of 4,300 million dollars. Beam owns whiskey brands as Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark and Canadian Club; cognac Courvoisier; Sauza tequila and vodka Pinnacle, while Suntory […]

Spanish Agriculture Minister Arias Cañete said that cava reaches about 30% of PDO wines exported (with Designation of Origin). In addition, he noted that in 2012, foreign trade of wine and grape (also bulk wine) had a positive balance of 2,600 million euros. He has also taken advantage to explain the initiatives undertaken by his Department for the wine […]

Following the success of its “Salmos” wine, “Perpetual” is born as a tribute to those old wines able to conquer time. Winemaker Jordi Foraster will be responsible for leading this luxury tasting where the following wines will be presented: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006.

On 29 January at 16:30 will take place in Enofusión Wine Center, the delivery of the two awards given annually by the Congress to prominent industry players. The brand ‘Enofusión with innovation’ seeks to recognize and acknowledge the work of those professionals who have contributed notably to the industry increased value. ENOFUSIÓN 2014 The next 27, 28 and 29 January […]

Pau Roca, official representative of the Spanish Wine Federation, reports that a hundred containers of wine from Europe are “standing” in Sanghai due to “technical barriers”. Some of them belong to Spanish companies. Last Tuesday, 12th of November, during the execution of the Adhesion Protocol (ACEVIN ) to the European program “Wine in Moderation” , the […]

2014 is coming and the improved IV edition of Enofusion, the most famous culinary conference in the world, will bring many news and novelties. One of the main protagonists of the event is The Wine Center , a place for discussion, reflection and analysis about the future of different markets. A place where are saved great memories such […]