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How to make an ally of cognitive dissonance in recessionary times

  Consumers around the world can easily find reasons not to be cheerful at the moment. The news is packed with doom-laden items - ongoing war in Ukraine, climate change, accelerating cost of living and inflation, among other things. We are…

Older, more affluent consumers drive the US wine market

  Although the wine category in the US holds an 11% volume share – equal to that of spirits – the category’s future is facing a number of challenges. Wine volumes in the US are expected to continue on a downward trajectory, especially…

Wine businesses must focus on the ‘100-year life’ to drive mid- and long-term success

A lot of recent media attention has focused on the demographic crisis looming in the wine category. And for good reason: the numbers are scary. In late 2020, Wine Intelligence, a division of IWSR Group, undertook an analysis of its long-run…

WINE INTELLIGENCE’S INDUSTRY PREDICTIONS FOR 2022

  The festive season comes with many traditions, one of which is the Wine Intelligence annual predictions for the wine industry in the coming year. Our predictions in December 2020 could be judged as reasonably insightful without being…

Global wine industry predictions for 2021 – how did we do?

Our annual exercise in soothsaying 12 months ago predicted investment and upheaval in e-commerce, more wine in cans, plus growth in the ‘wine seltzer’ category. So what did 2021 bring? After the rollercoaster of 2020, our main prediction…

The great ‘natural experiment’: How has consumer behaviour with wine changed during 2020 and 2021

  The 2021 Nobel prize in the field of economics was awarded to three academics (Card, Angrist and Imbens) who have provided us with new insights about both labour and education and shown how to use natural experiments to better understand…

New behaviours driving wine market opportunities in the UK

Following a long-term decline, wine consumption volume in the UK was boosted by the pandemic, with wine increasing enjoyed at at-home, particularly during non-food occasions. Although wine will adjust downwards in the short term, the longer-term…

China’s wine market enters its third age

Following China’s prestige-dominated first wine age, the 2010s were characterised by a growing culture of wine as both an everyday drink and as a gift at the major festivals. With Covid curtailing socialising including family events, consumer…