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Wine’s Biggest Issues for 2022: Covid, Supply Chain Crisis, Inflation — Ciatti

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Joel Whitaker

While the global winegrape broker is hopeful that the Covid virus may be in the proc4ess of transmuting itself from a pandemic to an endemic, similar to the flu, it describes the worldwide shipping container shortage as a “crisis.”  “Trucking, … Continue reading →

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Demand for Wine Reflects Uncertainty as World Emerges from Covid: Ciatti

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

In its latest market report, Ciatti notes that wine production in all Northern Hemisphere countries are lighter than average.  Italy and Spain are down 9%, OIV estimates, which is pocket change compared to France’s 27% drop since 2020.  California’s production, … Continue reading →

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Calif. Winegrape Crush Lightest Since 2011

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Remember all those worries about a winegrape glut in California?  Those worries are substantially gone, now that the California Department of Agriculture has released its Preliminary Wingrape Crush report showing about 13% fewer grapes were crushed this year, thanks in … Continue reading →

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There’s Little Visibility to the Future in Wine: Ciatti

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

The challenge in the wine industry — and, we suspect — every other industry is that “everyone – buyers and sellers alike – are tentatively trying to navigate their own way through a landscape with little forward visibility.” That phrase … Continue reading →

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