Friday, January 27, 2006

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Sales of wine in big retail growth, it seems, to the mark. But it is really interesting?

According to figures from Iri Infoscan, and published on the website of Vinitaly, the sales volume in the large retail chains matter in 2005 to over 62% of the Italian market, representing more than 5 million hectoliters. If these are added the sales of discount, we arrive at 75.4%. Unfortunately, although in the press release of Vinitaly it comes to growth, have found no data on the growth rate, which has succeeded in detecting even the AGI agency where they spoke of 62% growth ... :)
62% will also be a nice percentage, but you have to make a good distinction at odds with the value - not specifically provided for large-scale distribution, but only for the wine channel, which reaches under the same source, the 6.5% in volume against a much higher 16.5% in value. This discrepancy between share value and volume is not entirely a surprise, especially since the average price per bottle in the big retail chains are declining, falling from 3 € 2004 to € 2.85 in 2005, while that is clear to everyone that ristoranzione and wine point to a smaller but distribution of products selected, and then at higher prices (never mind the talk here of excessive mark-ups). It 's why in my opinion, only give the shares to volume and not value, it makes little sense, even less if you do not provide a comparison against the previous year.
Strictly speaking the record, even if the data can not be certain as to compare different calculation to understand, however, the relationship between share value and volume, in 2001, according to calculations Nomisma Italy in the retail channel (which presumably here also includes wine) counted for 68.1%, the remaining one-trade 31.9%. Very different, the ratio of sales value, which gives both 50%.

Source AGI / Vinitaly
Photo by Jerry Holtaway

Sunday, January 15, 2006

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Quebec: bickering on imports of wine from Trentino

translate the news appeared on Vitisphere .
Strange case in Quebec where SAQ, the state monopoly for wine and spirits is said to have invited several of its European suppliers who invoice in euro to raise their wholesale prices at last to avoid a lowering of retail prices of their products.
In fact, a fall in prices caused dall'aggiustamento exchange rate with the euro would have an impact on the turnover of the SAQ. The case, revealed by the Quebec newspaper La Presse Affaires, has startled the Quebec Association of the staff of wines, beers and spirits (AQAVBS), agents that are normally the interface between the suppliers and the SAQ. The president, Yves Michaud, reacted with communication sent to the PDG [Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ed] the SAQ: "We were informed that the SAQ has adopted practices to suppliers by ordering them to raise prices to values 'origin. In several cases the SAQ should enlist some of its leaders to a decrease of 2.5% for its benefit in return for higher prices. The board has asked me to inform you that such practices by a company of the state are against the public interest and those of consumers. "
addition, the Board questions the legality of the procedure adopted by the SAQ minutes with suppliers in reference to the Office Federal competition (price fixing) and the regulations of the Civil Code in connection with trade. For its part, the SAQ
he has not asked this price increase, as will be confirmed by some suppliers ... who wished to remain anonymous.

Some data (source: ICE on ISTAT data processing)
Canada is the fifth market for Italian wine exports behind the United States, Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland. The export value in January-September 2005 amounted to 111,699 thousand euro.

In the picture a view of Montreal's Bryan Scott

Monday, January 9, 2006

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33 flew to New York

The news in the U.S. export more representative of the labels' Agricultural Institute of San Michele got me back in mind the old tongue-twister that began with "33 ...". Trentino
From January 1 labels most representative of the Institute Agriculture, are in fact distributed in the U.S. by Vias, export companies led by Fabrizio Pedrolli Trent, former distributor of wines from companies such as Planeta and Romano Dal Forno.
New York, Florida, California and Illinois were the first to be covered though, mind you, is not the intent of the Institute point to the large numbers.

The objective
Nothing distinctly commercial projects in the Agricultural Institute. The Director-General Alessandro Dini has held that "it is our mission in the commercial competition but we intend to be present in a circuit of high quality restaurants enhance our image. "

In figures
8,000 bottles and three labels, in this first year: Castel San Michele Rosso, Pinot Blanc and Prepositura. The intention is to expand its product portfolio in 2007 intended to 'exports.
The Agricultural Institute relies on the production of 200 thousand bottles a year, of which 30% is exported (in Austria, Germany and England) and another 30% is marketed in the same Trentino .