Comments on: No worries: Australia targeting China wine market at every level

By: Sander Boss

Sander Boss — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:30:04 +0000

Sorry Mate, you are smking something powerful. Aussie wines are overpriced for tehir quality level and will lose share in China. The formula for success in wine industry in China is not what you address.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:07:05 +0000

@ Y.A. Li,

Interestingly enough, we *are* seeing a lot of bottled wine from the U.S. come in. In the first six months of 2009, the U.S. was up 61% vis-a-vis the same period in 2008, trailing only France, which rose 71%. Australia was third at 41%.

Overall, the US was third in volume during the first half of 2009, trailing France and Australia, and took almost 10 percent overall.

Of course, importing and selling wine are two very different things, but at the very least, we are seeing more US wine coming in…

Cheers, Jim

By: Y A Li

Y A Li — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:05:16 +0000

A very informative posting. Makes me wonder why the American wineries ignore the Chinese market. They have premium (high priced) wines worthy of the show-offs in China, and $2 a bottle wine that can capture the vast number of average Chinese social drinkers. The Chinese cannot have a social meal, or even a burial, without alcohol. But beijiu is just too potent and often leads to disruption, not to mention its health cost.