Surprising has been the evolution of exports of Chilean wine since 2018. After a year of short harvest, both in Chile and in the other main producers of the new continent as well as the old, a decrease in sales volume was expected, logical increase and, of this, an opportunity to improve the positioning of Chilean wines; gain in value and image, even if lost in volume. Some of that has happened, both in Chile and in countries such as…
Chilean export wines already have their own place in the world: they are in fourth place as a world exporter of wine, with a turnover exceeding US $ 2,000 million. International markets are not only reserved for large vineyards, large producers and large exporters, but are also available for Chilean agriculture. The growth shown by Chilean agriculture in 2018, year in which it grew by 5.8%, figure that is well above the growth of the Chilean economy that reached 4%.…
Chilean wine brands are leaving an important footprint worldwide. Foreign sales already exceed two billion dollars; the wines are already reaching more than 150 nations and Chile is already in fourth place as a world exporter. Exports exceeded 2,060 million dollars in 2017. These days, and since a few weeks ago, grape harvesting has been taking place in Chile and, as has been the case in recent years, it has been advanced as a result of climate change. The effects…
The Chilean wine industry starts the year with good and everyone celebrates. This is because in the report developed by the Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies (Odepa), belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile, all exports of wine and must (juice extracted from grapes) increased by 12.7% in January 2019, in relation to the same month of the previous year. Only wine exports increased in volume 14.5%, while the value of shipments rose 6.8%, according to Odepa. The…