Exports of bottled Chilean wine had a very good performance during the first four months of this year, compared to the same period in 2017. The increase recorded in volume was 2.13% and 8.01% in value. These numbers were reached due to demand from China, the US and Japan. In April, exports of bottled wine registered an increase of 4.4% in volume and 13.6% in value with respect to the same month of 2017. Meanwhile, if the last 12 months…
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…
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…
According to information provided by the Spanish Wine Market Observatory, Chile improved its wine exports in 2017, more in value than in volume, registering the highest price of the last three years. Chile is the only American supplier of the three that we present that increased its exports. 2017 clearly was a year marked by the growth of sales of Chilean wine. All categories increased in value and volume. Bulk wine sales also had a significant increase mainly to Argentina,…