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The cork factor in wine is key in high quality wines

June 23, 2018

For several years now we know that the export of Chilean wines has been increasing and has become an important source of income for Chilean wineries. This has helped the industry to improve significantly. Which has translated into wines of excellence when it comes to quality. But how is quality measured? There are several factors that determine quality, color, texture, aroma, density, aging, barrels, climate, water, drought … multiple factors. However there is one quite curious: cork. For example, in…

The challenges of Chilean wine for the next few years with Premium wines

June 18, 2018

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Chilean wines are in a consolidation stage and the country strategy is to continue improving in value and, therefore, rather than growing in many boxes, the growth plan is in high-end wines, called premium wines. Chile has already decided to enter the Chinese market, which is the main market for all Chilean production companies. However, responding to the requirements of markets such as Asia generates huge production needs, much higher than currently available. For this reason, wine producers and marketers…

Balance on export of Chilean wines during 2017… exports of premium Chilean wines highlighted

June 11, 2018

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During 2017, Chile, the fourth largest wine exporter in the world, produced 1,200 million liters of wine, reaching sales of over US $ 2,000 million. This background is obtained from the data provided by the association that brings together the Chilean winemakers. Although the year 2017 was not easy for producers and exporters of Chilean wine, due to the large number of forest fires that damaged important hectares of grape plantations, climate change favored certain varieties for their growth and…

Wine bottled export registers relevant rise

June 4, 2018

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Exports accumulated so far this year are increasing compared to last year and countries such as China, the United States and Japan are the main destinations for Chilean wines for export. In March bottled wine exports had an increase in the average price of 6.3%, together with an increase in the monthly value exported by 1.9%. However, it registered a decrease in export volume of 4.2% compared to March 2017. In the last 12 months there was a positive increase…