The floor’s sticky, the paint’s peeling from the walls, and when your meal arrives there’s a greasy thumbprint on the plate. But don’t worry - the food at this restaurant lives up to its three stars. No, not from Michelin.
The latest research commissioned by the Wine & Spirit Trade Association shows consumers are willing to spend more on a bottle of wine to drink at home. In fact the last year has seen a 30% increase in the number of regular wine drinkers paying more than £7 per bottle of wine for domestic consumption. The average price of a bottle of wine in the off-trade is £4.32.
A Forgotten Grape and the Untold Story of American Wine, published this month by Clarkson Potter, Kliman tells the story of Norton, Virginia’s oddball wine grape, and the evangelistic winemakers who are making a case for Norton wine as the state’s signature bottling.
Women may play a central role in the future of wine consumption in China, according to new research by Vinexpo. The study undertaken by Vinexpo surveyed the behaviour of 2,810 women in four Asian countries to compare and contrast their consumer habits, depending on whether they lived in China, Japan, Hong Kong or South Korea.
U.S. fine wine sales should pick up this year according to a major bank’s report. Trading down in US wine sales will end this year, ushering in an 8-12 percent surge in fine wine sales, according to Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).
