Tuesday, 18 April, 2023

Smart technology helps wine tourism grow

Vinpro, together with the Cape Winelands District Municipality, is funding a new wine tourism research pilot programme to help wineries grow.

Vinpro

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Thursday, 2 March, 2023

Call to participate in online wine study

Calling young wine consumers in the Western Cape and Gauteng: Participate in an online wine study and get a free case of wine.

Vintelligence

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Thursday, 16 February, 2023

Rosé, bubbles, British wine and Stellenbosch booming in UK on-trade

Restaurants in the UK are struggling - but what Brits are spending on wine in the on-premise gives no indication of this.

Peter McAtamney

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Wednesday, 1 February, 2023

Age segmentation is possibly outdated, according to Great BIG Wine Survey 2022

Last call to register for the free webinar on the Great BIG Wine Survey 2022's findings on 3 February.

Vintelligence

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Friday, 20 January, 2023

Third Great BIG Wine Survey delves into wine consumer behaviour

Vintelligence invites business and trade leaders to register for a free webinar on the Great BIG Wine Survey 2022's findings on 3 February.

Vintelligence

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Wednesday, 9 November, 2022

Great BIG Wine Survey: Show me yours

Have you ever walked into a lodge or hotel and first requested to “test” the service and linen before you book? No! Of course not! It would be frowned upon.

Vintelligence, Xania van der Merwe

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Friday, 9 September, 2022

Consumer research manager Xania van der Merwe arrives at Vintelligence

Southern Skies welcomes Xania van der Merwe as their new consumer research manager.

Southern Skies

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Monday, 5 September, 2022

Who's knocking at your cellar door? Report on wine tourism visitors released

Visitors to SA’s wine tourism destinations can look forward to even more memorable experiences, thanks to insights from the SA Wine Tourism Visitor Research Report 2022.

Vinpro

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Wednesday, 17 August, 2022

South Africa Direct to Customer Benchmarking Survey 2022

This survey will offer insight into how wineries are adapting their direct business and the impact of the alcohol sales ban.

Peter McAtamney

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Monday, 20 June, 2022

NFTs and their future in wine

How much of an impact will the digitisation of assets have in the world of wine?

Inside Bordeaux, Simon Pavitt

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Thursday, 19 May, 2022

Consumers have an openness to alternative wine packaging options post pandemic

The results of the second annual Great BIG Wine Survey – sponsored by Hollard – have been released. And they are fascinating!

Vintelligence

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Monday, 9 May, 2022

South Africa: The Cinsault proclamation

South African Cinsault is crushable, food-friendly, bright, florally lifted, and filled with gobs of crunchy red fruit expressions.

The Wine Advocate, Anthony Mueller

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Wednesday, 4 May, 2022

Rethink packaging: Wine needs to embrace CPG strategies to attract new consumers

Wine packaging was designed and perfected for the retail shelf display. So what happens when retail display doesn’t matter quite as much as it used to?

Wine Industry Advisor, Jeff Siegel

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Friday, 22 April, 2022

2021 Great BIG Wine Survey once again delivers great BIG insights into wine consumer behaviour

The results of the inaugural Great BIG Wine Survey brought to you by Hollard elicited an overwhelming response.

Vintelligence

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Tuesday, 5 April, 2022

Wine economist Karl Storchmann thinks there should be a statistical approach to the wine industry

Professor Karl Storchmann of New York University talks about his work as a wine economist, the trends wine lovers should be paying attention to, and more.

VinePair, Julia Larson

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Wednesday, 16 March, 2022

Yela Partners acquire stake in Southern Skies

Private investment company, Yela Partners, has acquired a stake in Southern Skies.

Southern Skies

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Friday, 25 February, 2022

Wine consumer focus: Predictive insights or reactive opportunism

With the 2022 harvest well on its way, I'm always in awe of the excitement surrounding it, the romance of capturing the seasonal variability in a bottle, expressing the noble character of each vintage.

Vintelligence, Pieter van Niekerk

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Monday, 7 February, 2022

The importance of business intelligence for the wine industry

Peter McAtamney knew, in starting Wine Business Solutions almost 20 years ago, that just having another opinion is not going to cut it.

Vintelligence, Pieter van Niekerk

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Thursday, 27 January, 2022

Live Wine Business Workshop returns

At long last, Wine Business Solutions is back to run a live workshop in South Africa (in the most COVID safe way possible, of course).

Peter McAtamney

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Monday, 17 January, 2022

Agri-Economist Pieter van Niekerk to lead new SA wine intelligence firm

Innovative wine sales and marketing solutions group, Southern Skies, announces agricultural economist and experienced wine industry analyst, Pieter van Niekerk, as Chief Intelligence Officer and Managing Partner of new subsidiary Vintelligence.

Southern Skies

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Friday, 3 December, 2021

Southern Skies launches Vintelligence

Southern Skies is pleased to announce the launch of “Vintelligence” - an independently owned business dedicated exclusively to serving the consumer research needs of the South African wine industry.

Southern Skies

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Thursday, 7 October, 2021

DtC success for SA producers

Wine Business Solutions (WBS) has just completed its 9th annual ‘Taking the Direct Route’ report which benchmarks South African wine businesses’ direct sales against those of Australian, New Zealand and US wineries.

Peter McAtamney

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Tuesday, 10 August, 2021

Direct to Customer Benchmarking now in full swing

As SA wine businesses recover from the last year, nothing will be more important than ensuring that your cellar door and its marketing are operating optimally.

Peter McAtamney

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Thursday, 30 May, 2019

First ever research into the on-premise market in greater China just released

Wine Business Solutions in partnership with ‘China’s Wine List of the Year Awards’ have just released the first ever research into the Chinese On-Premise market. 36,000 listings were used and all key markets including Hong Kong and Macau were examined.

Peter McAtamney

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