China becomes Chile's leading wine market ahead of United States

Saturday, April 15th 2017 - 07:39 UTC

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China overtook the United States in 2016 to become Chile's No. 1 wine market, Angelica Valenzuela, commercial director of Vinos de Chile, said. Wine consumption in China grew 13.8% last year, Valenzuela told reporters at a press conference organized by the Imagen de Chile Foundation, an agency charged with promoting the national brand Read full article

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Funny that, when I was last in Chile last year I was told in a vineyard that the UK was the largest market for Chilean wines. Perhaps they tell everyone that?
Apr 15th, 2017 - 09:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ElaineB
No, we are right up there but I can understand why China has taken over the No.1 spot. The reason the U.S. has dropped is that a lot of the wineries in Chile no longer ship there. The U.S. has always made it difficult, preferring to promote their own wines. Shipping laws vary from state to state so I think the complications made it not worth the effort. Even tourists visiting Chile and Argentina can only take two bottles back in their luggage (before duty is added). Meantime China has a huge growing middle class with a taste for wine.
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Kanye
California produces excellent wines, themselves, and it even has a large export market. That's correct, they do not seem to have a Federal board that buys and regulates wine from abroad.

China is quite different and 4x the population
Apr 16th, 2017 - 02:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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