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2017 Wine Auction Totals Exceed $371 Million
The growing U.S. economy and a surging stock market that seems to be setting new highs every week are making wine collectors bullish. In 2017, worldwide wine-auction totals (culled from sales conducted in the U.S., U.K. and Hong Kong markets, plus online sales) rose a strong 9.6 percent to $371.1 million, up from $338.7 million in 2016. (Global wine-auction sales peaked at $478 million in 2011.) The last quarter of 2017 matched the solid performances of the first half and third quarter…
US Wine Outlook Bullish Despite Bank Warning
Just a week after California’s wine industry got a gloomy forecast from Silicon Valley Bank, the clouds parted and sunshine and happiness emanated from the annual State of the Industry presentation at the largest wine show in the US…
Suspected French Wine Militants to be Tried in Court
On 1 March, Xavier Fabre, President of the Garde winemaker union in Languedoc, along with five winegrowers from the neighbouring Hérault department, all currently in custody, are due to be tried by the criminal court of Montpellier on several charges including sabotage and criminal damage costing up to three million euros, according to prosecutors…
Wine Shipments Increase 1.3% in the United States
Wine shipments increased 1.3 percent in the United States last year, continuing a more than 20-year expansion for the sector even as it undergoes tremendous changes in the way wine is distributed and sold…
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Direct Wine Shipments to PA Hit $57 Million Last Year
New Jersey’s Wine, Grape Industry Has Robust Impact on State Economy
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