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Increase the interest for the export of bulk wine

August 31, 2018

The export of bulk wine is growing worldwide. There are many countries, mainly non-producers, that buy more and more wine in bulk. The care of the environment also influences not to transport fractionated products with the energy expenditure that implies. With the increase of alternative formats that require superior packaging design and quality, the demand for Premium level bulk grows, as does this trend. Wineries from different wine producing countries agree that the marketing of wine in bulk provides advantages…

The best tips for storing wine bottles … especially premium wine

August 29, 2018

Cortahojas Wines

Do you know how wine bottles are stored? Some say that upright and others prefer horizontal. Who will be right? The complex thing in this situation is that the answer is not so simple. This is one of the most frequent questions among wine consumers. In general, the wine bottles are stored in a wine rack, wine cellar, shelf, cellar or cellar. So, the answer is complex. However, we will find an answer below. The first recommendation is that once…

Bulk Wine: the great reinvention of transport for wine

August 23, 2018

Cortahojas Wines

Although, the transport of wine in bulk scale is nothing new, in recent years the transport of these has substantially improved. In the past, amphoras were the standard way of transporting wine, and oak barrels replaced them hundreds of years ago. Anyone who has studied the great wines of Europe knows that bulk transport was the most frequent way until bottling became popular at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, due to various factors such as environmental and economic…

Exports of Chilean wines increase in value

August 14, 2018

Cortahojas Wines

During the first semester of 2018, the total exports of Chilean wines registered an increase of 4.7% in value (US $ 973.4 million). However they had a decrease of -8.9% in volume (421.5 million liters), with average price up 13.9% (US $ 2.13 per liter). In relation to bottled wines, during the first six months of the year, exports grew 4.4% in value (US $ 709.4 million) and decreased -2.4% in volume (214.3 million liters), according to the information provided…