Comments on: China wine imports: Will the market shrink in 2012? Plus, more on Spain… https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2012/10/04/china-wine-imports-will-we-see-a-loss-in-2012-plus-more-on-spain/ Wine and the World's Biggest Market Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:46:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Jamie Smith https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2012/10/04/china-wine-imports-will-we-see-a-loss-in-2012-plus-more-on-spain/#comment-218282 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:46:46 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/?p=3219#comment-218282 I think you will see more drop in value and more increase in spanish wines for two reasons, it is a growing category in china which means more Spanish wineries are competing with each other offering better prices to get the deal done. And two of the biggest markets where spain used to do well are really slow in spain (USA and UK). So Spain has juice that needs to be sold.

Other countries like NZ and CA have positioned them as premium player. Spain and Australia will always be a volume play and it will take time for those countries to become a super premium player. There are some huge wineries with great facilities.

Thanks,
Jamie, BeverageTradeNetwork.com

]]> By: admin https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2012/10/04/china-wine-imports-will-we-see-a-loss-in-2012-plus-more-on-spain/#comment-181679 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:25:07 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/?p=3219#comment-181679 Hi Serena,

Which second-tier and third-tier cities do you find are excited about California wines? All of them? Because there are certainly a lot of such cities.

And I do agree sales, at least in the form of imports, are growing in China, though it is not clear how many of those imports translate into sales. Let’s hope lots of them.

Cheers, Jim

]]> By: Serena Friedman, M.D. https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2012/10/04/china-wine-imports-will-we-see-a-loss-in-2012-plus-more-on-spain/#comment-179639 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:56:32 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/?p=3219#comment-179639 We still see strength in the sale of California wines and a new interest in “other than Napa” California wines. The second tier cities of China, and even third tier cities are excited about new options for purchase–including the new enthusiasm for “American Wines” and everything American. Looking good…Cheers. Serena

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