Among the main varieties, only Malbec and red blends increased in volume.
In 2015, the amount of bottled wine brands rose to 2,681, a growth of 88 compared with 2014.
In 2015, out of the top 10 destinations, 7 grew in volume and value. The United Kingdom grew the most (+255.6 thousand boxes), United States (+156 thousand cases), China (+94.8 thousand cases) and Mexico (+77.2 thousand cases).
In 2015, bottled wine came to $722.9m with market share at 77%.
In December, Argentina’s wine industry exported 28.1 million litres valued at $70.6m.
In 2015, total wines and must exports came to $933.6m and amounted to 359.8 million litres.
It’s still a bit early to say whether Argentina will be a new paradise of Tannat, this rustic and ex-pressive variety, of French origin, which has never been able to awaken expressions of admiration and delirium like Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Syrah and Malbec, have done. However, judging...
Interview with Angel Vespa During the last decade of the twentieth century, the social responsibility of companies acquired rel-evance and was driven by the reduced role of the state as a regulator, the globalisation of markets and the consequent liberalisation of trade, communications, and new expectations...
BODEGA SEPTIMA rises to complement the landscape of Mendoza, 30km southwest of the city. It is part of Grupo Codorniu, a company of Familia Raventos, which acquired the land in the late 90’s, and instructed the architects BORMIDA & Yanzón to build it. This is the first in a series of posts that...
This year, many insiders has already sense the changes in Chinese wine market for the impact brought by the government policies against “THREE CONSUMPTION” (Consumption of public funds on three major private purposes: official receptions, vehicles and overseas visits) – lots of dealers were...
I’ve talked a lot about Cabernet Franc and its potential in Argentina. And so far this year there have been even more people surprised with her, especially in the last Argentina Wine Awards, where she drew applause and praise from major critics like Steven Spurrier and the Brazilians, Jorge Lucki...
The most orthodox followers of wine prefer to take out the wines they wish to drink from their own cellars, and then offer them to friends and guests under strict service codes, including glasses and decanters to measure. Usually, these fans bring their own bottles to restaurants and hotels, paying corkage...
Smell is one of the most primitive senses of man, which has enabled him to discern what sort of things to eat and what to avoid. Through evolution, pleasing aromas were discovered and classified. We are able to smell more than 100,000 scents, but not identify them. Wine possesses more than 900 aromatic...
The variety had become the wine of the moment in markets like the United States and England, then pushed by the Australians with their sweet, modern reds, a style that was frankly novel. And in our country, the wine industry observed this phenomenon and began copying the style while searching for the key to opening...
From confusion about this varietal, to styles renewing the market, Bonarda is gaining ground among consumers. Wine is like people; those who thoroughly understand the ever enduring mystery. And among the varietals that best interprets this, Bonarda is by far the ideal example. With just over 18 thousand...
The Gaucho Annual Winemaker Awards are organised by the Gaucho chain of restaurants in asso-ciation with Wines of Argentina, to celebrate the most distinguished of the country’s wines in the past year. The interesting thing about this awards ceremony is the methodology of nominations. Phil Crozier,...
