Australian wine exports have topped $3 billion in a year for the first time.
The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation says the record result for the year ended July represented an eight per cent growth of wine exports.
Volume of Australian wine exported in the 12-month period exceeded 800 million litres for the first time, 10 per [...]

BORDEAUX, France (AFP) - Exports of Bordeaux wine rose last year, making viticulturists in France optimistic about the prospect of a bounceback in the sector.
Some 565 million litres (5.65 million hectolitres) were sent abroad in 2006 for a total of 3.23 billion euros (4.4 billion dollars), according to the CIVB industry body.
Although the volume [...]

The US has hailed India’s recent move to withdraw the additional duty on beer, wine and distilled spirits, saying it was a positive step.
“We are studying India’s announcement to withdraw the additional duty on imports of alcoholic beverages. Withdrawal of this duty would be a positive step in addressing the US concerns. What we are [...]

Dear Karen: I am thinking about starting a wine import business. What do I need to do to get started? I would imagine there are health requirements for importing wine into the United States market. What literature or books can I read on this topic?
Answer: Contact your local Alcoholic Beverage Control agency (usually a state [...]

The Chinese could be drinking as many as 50m cases a year by 2017 – and the market is not nearly as daunting as we think.
Speaking at a Decanter seminar entitled ‘How to be successful in China - presenting the facts, exploding the myths, and profiling the new consumer’ at the London International Wine and [...]

Australian wine makers have set new export volume and value records in the 12 months to the end of April.
The volume of wine exported jumped 12 percent to 797 million litres, according to figures from the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation, while the value of exports grew 6 percent to $2.94 billion.
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The wine industry is worried the high New Zealand dollar will cause exporters to lose ground in the important United States market.
The New Zealand dollar is trading at about 74 US cents.
Winegrowers CEO Philip Gregan says wineries are already feeling the pinch and if the dollar stays at the extreme levels for any period of [...]

ndia blocked a World Trade Organization investigation of its import duties on European wine and spirits Tuesday, temporarily delaying a dispute that could also soon involve the United States.An investigative panel will almost certainly be established to examine Delhi’s compliance with international trade rules at a meeting later this month of the WTO’s dispute settlement [...]

The US overtook the United Kingdom as the top Australian wine export market in value terms in the 12 months ending March this year.
The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation says the 12-month period establishes new volume and value records for wine exports.
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Minsk. Importers are getting ready to replace the wine import from Moldova with Bulgarian and Hungarian wines, Belarusian edition of Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium: The European Union on Monday asked the World Trade Organization to rule on the legality of India’s high import duties for wine and spirits, claiming they hurt French winemakers and Scotch whisky producers.
The EU said it was acting for European wine and spirits businesses shut out from India’s “potentially large” market by duties [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. wine exports, 95 percent from California, totaled $876 million and 404.5 million liters in 2006, an increase of 30 percent in value and 4.0 percent in volume compared to 2005. In Europe, where the U.S. ships more than half of its sales abroad, exports surged 48 percent by value. Wine exports [...]

 
 
Wine imports soared 31 percent in 2006 from a year earlier as a growing number of people enjoyed the grape beverage deemed beneficial to health, a report showed yesterday.
The country’s wine imports reached $88.6 million last year, up from $67.6 million the previous year, according to the report by the Agriculture and Fisheries Marketing Corp. [...]

The European Union on Thursday asked India to cut high import duties on wine and spirits, seeking to resolve the issue through talks rather than turning to litigation at the World Trade Organization.
The European Union is disappointed that India’s 2007-2008 budget unveiled last week didn’t lower the duties on wine and spirits which are seen [...]