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BI Daily 26 August 2026
• Transforming challenges into opportunities • US Wine Imports Drop • France Sees More Early Harvest Starters • Premiumisation redefined: from pricing to meaningful moments • Wine Producers Face Unpopular Packaging Regulations in the EU • Value sales of Bordeaux reds down 19% amid shifting consumption • European wine producers seek new markets as China sales dream sours
BI Daily 12 August 2026
• How has the Australian wine retail market performed in the past 12 months? • Less booze, more moves: Inside the UK’s new Gen Z social scene • Europe's 'Big Wine' Cooperatives Produce 25% of the World's Wine. A Troubled Sector Nobody is Talking About • Is the Wine Crisis Just Another Phase? • Italy’s ‘perfectly healthy’ wine grapes go unpicked in the afternoons because it’s just too hot this year
BI Daily 22 July 2026
• South Africa’s liquor suppliers face a new retail battleground • South Africa Wine Cellar Assistants’ Programme • Trump hits Canada with 50% tariffs over US alcohol ban • Bordeaux vineyard values plunge as wine sales fall below three million hectolitres
BI Daily 08 July 2026
• US to investigate Canada ban on American alcohol • Italian Consortia Limit Harvest Quantities • 2026 BMO Wine Market Report • French vineyards battle extreme heat as climate pressures mount • Wildfires rage across southern Europe, forcing thousands to flee homes
BI Daily 01 July 2026
• Growing demand and premium opportunity for Australian wine exporters in Thailand • El Niño is coming. Here is where the risks to agriculture are highest • China transformed: growth opportunities in a reshaped market • Wine exporters face increased costs from July
BI Daily 03 June 2026
• US Wine Opinions: where Australia can compete in a declining market • Accountability in the Cellar – Why is it so important? • The Relevance Rift • The New Rules of Wine Importing • Think Gen Z and millennials are killing wine sales? Washington industry pros say it’s more complicated
BI Daily 20 May 2026
• Latest data shows that Canadian wine consumers are favouring Australia • Why More Wineries Are Betting on High-Volume Wines • US alcohol volumes fall 5% in 2025, says IWSR • OIV - State of the World Wine Sector in 2025 • Could wine provide Australia's next source of biofuel?
BI Daily 07 May 2026
• SA wine industry welcomes zero-tariff deal with China • Flavored Wines Are Leading Key Industry Trends in 2026 • hile's wine sector adapts to falling demand, low-alcohol trend • The opportunity in Japan for Australian wine
BI Daily 29 April 2026
• Iran war drives change in wine industry practices • France to uproot 28,000 hectares of vines • Chile's wine industry targets younger drinkers as consumption slumps • Unlocking market potential for Australian mid-strength wines • Can indigenous and international varieties co-exist in Italian vineyards?
BI Daily 23 April 2026
• Top 3 trends from ProWine Tokyo 2026 • AI will help wine sales in hospitality but won’t replace humans • Canada and Asia offer silver lining amid daunting global environment for wine • Businesses begin claiming refunds for Trump tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court
BI Daily 14 April 2026
• Sober curiosity movement on the rise as South Africans relook drinking patterns • South Africa: Beyond the Reputation of Promise • South Africa Wine Cellar Assistants’ Programme 2026 - Cellar Assistants Exploring Blended Wines • Russia to hike duties on alcohol imports from ‘unfriendly’ states
BI Daily 17 March 2026
• Brewers hit ‘structural stagnation’ with beer ‘no longer a growth or margin-expansion story’ • Japan wine imports dip in volume but rise in value in 2025 • The 2025 Crop Was Down an Equivalent of 72 Million Cases from the Five-Year Average • US tariffs dent Italy wine exports
BI Daily 13 March 2026
• Canadians are drinking less, driving the biggest drop in alcohol sales in 20 years: StatsCan • Japans Wine Imports See Value Growth on Lower Volumes • Malaysia’s Wine Import Value Dipped in 2025 • Capturing Gen Z
BI Daily 11 March 2026
• Drinks Federation of SA joins forces to combat illicit alcohol at 2026 EMEA Security Conference • How Wine Paris saw birth of drinks industry’s era of 'anything goes' • Rebooting the Chinese wine market: key trends for Australian wine exporters • Influencing the influencers: Making drinks packaging shine on social media • UK Wine Imports on the Decline
BI Daily 05 March 2026
• Why South Africans are trading old travel trends to be whisked away at wine estates • Stop looking west: Why India is the premium wine frontier you're about to miss • One Year Later, Canadian Bans on U.S. Wine Cost American Industry $357 Million in 2025 • Cheapest Wines See Largest Sales Declines • Greek wine exports to UK rise 6.66% in 2025 |
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