Posts Tagged Vinexpo
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Sales hopes ride high on Chinese demand at Bordeaux wine fair after difficult few years
Posted By : Daniel Kiernan on June 28th, 2011
Location : wine
The 30th international wine and spirits fair in Bordeaux opened last week with participants hoping for higher orders than during the relative wash-out of two years ago in the midst of economic crisis.
While financial turmoil in Europe and other regions still depresses consumer sentiment, winemakers expect much from the rising demand of emerging market economies and in particular countries such as China as buyers and trade representatives walk the long halls of the Vinexpo trade fair, held every two years.
“If it goes like last ti…
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Bordeaux 2010 Sticker Shock
Posted By : Daniel Kiernan on June 20th, 2011
Location : wine
It may be impossible to crown a “best vintage ever” in Bordeaux, but it is easy to name the priciest Bordeaux futures campaign ever, and we’re in it.
The futures, or en primeur, campaign for the 2010 vintage began weeks later than usual, with few classified growths and top labels releasing their prices until this week. And with their cards showing, it is clear they are playing a high-stakes game: Of 15 leading châteaus who have released their prices that Wine Spectator is tracking (see chart below), all have maintained or raise…
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