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Monday, May 31, 2021 Australia versus New Zealand wine exports There has long been a rivalry between Australia and New Zealand. This dates at least back to when Australia was federated, on 1 January 1901. At that time, the New Zealanders were offered the opportunity to become a state of Australia, but inexplicably declined. Since then, the rivalry has continued in sporting events, economics, and politics. In the latter case, the New Zealanders were responsible for the demise of the ANZUS treaty...

Monday, May 10, 2021 So, why has China gone off the boil? There have been several reports over the past few years about the declining wine market in China. Indeed, wine production in China is currently listed as the 6th fastest declining industry in that country (Fastest declining industries in China by revenue growth (%) in 2021). So, it seems worthwhile to gather in one place some pictures of the situation, given that China has been the second largest wine market in the world (The wine market...

Monday, April 26, 2021 The cost of wine consumed differs greatly between countries A couple of weeks ago I looked at the relationship between wine consumption and wine production (Does wine production increase wine consumption?). Another interesting relationship is between wine consumption and wine value, which I will delve into here. So, lets have another look at the data for 2015, as contained in the Annual Database of Global Wine Markets, compiled by Anderson, Nelgen and Pinilla. Tables 238 ...

Countries that produce lots of wine seem to also drink lots of wine per person.

Monday, April 5, 2021 Beer countries and wine countries In the world of alcohol consumption there are beer drinkers, wine drinkers, and alcoholics. Some countries are considered to have mostly beer drinkers, and others have mostly wine drinkers. But how many countries are there of each? In order to find out, I have had a look at the data for 2015, as contained in the Annual Database of Global Wine Markets, compiled by Anderson,  Nelgen and Pinilla. Tables 41b (Volume of beverage wine consumpti...