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WinEvaluator: Thinking about Premium Chilean wines for export to China

July 24, 2018

In October of this year the juries of the WinEvaluator will arrive in Chile, a wine contest aimed at the Chinese market that, for the first time, will be held in Chile and could become a way to enter more strongly the attractive market of the Asian giant. The contest that includes a series of tastings follows evaluation guidelines developed by the China Rating System for Global Wine (CWE), based on the culinary and wine habits of the eastern consumers.…

Chilean Premium wine: one of the favored ones of the commercial war between the United States and China

July 21, 2018

Cortahojas Wines

The United States unleashed the “commercial war” with the Asian giant. This quickly affected the price of Chilean copper, whose price had a free fall in the international market. However, in all this situation there is a favored one: the majestic Chilean wine. According to data from the Directorate of International Economic Relations (Direcon) of the Chilean Foreign Ministry, wine consolidates Chile’s position as the world’s fourth largest exporter and broadens its outlook to be outside the orbit of tariff…

Japan … a new actor interested in Chilean wine for export

July 18, 2018

Cortahojas Wines

A new achievement is the Chilean export wine. Although, it is not a surprise, it is good news, since for years France led wine exports to Japan. However, the preference of Japanese consumers has changed and since 2015 Chilean wine has become more relevant, strengthening its presence, mainly due to the convenience between price and quality. In the 1990s, Chilean wine represented between 1% and 5% of all wines imported by Japan. In 2017, with the entry into force of…

“Commercial war” could be an opportunity for Chilean wines for export

July 13, 2018

Cortahojas Wines

After the US president, Donald Trump, initiated the so-called trade war with China, a positive window opened for Chilean wines. This is because Chilean wine producers have detected an opportunity. And is that in this scenario seek to expand their shipments to China, which is already the largest export market for Chilean wines, after the authorities of the Asian giant imposed in April an additional 15% tax on American wines in retaliation for US tariffs on steel and aluminum. The…