#172 Weekly Update Oktoberfest beer prices Wine vs. Dinosaurs UK market growth

Marketing coups at its best in this episode: wine turned into a
barbecue sauce and hats against flying pints. We also try to
clarify what the end of the dinosaurs has to do with the growth
of vines and how expensive your next Oktoberfest visit will be.





Alexander Gottschalk
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-gottschalk-641838223/)





Shownotes:


(00:00:00) Former employee arrested in Spanish winery vandalism
case


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/07/woman-arrested-in-spanish-winery-intruder-case/


(00:02:57) Fraudster sentenced over $13m wine investment scam


https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/fraudster-sentenced-over-13m-wine-investment-scam-in-us-533614/


(00:04:52) Winery turns smoke tainted Pinot into BBQ sauce


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/07/oregon-winery-turns-800-cases-of-tainted-pinot-into-bbq-sauce/


(00:07:05) French winery ships wine by boat  to the US


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/06/maison-joseph-drouhin-announces-its-first-wine-transport-by-cargo-ship-to-the-us/


(00:08:56) The best wine lists in the world announced


https://www.falstaff.com/at/news/die-besten-weinkarten-der-welt-muenchner-sticks-stones-winebar-ausgezeichnet


(00:11:10) Buckfast makes its way towards top gastronomy


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/07/buckfast-teams-up-with-top-chef-to-shake-off-unsavoury-image/


(00:0015:29) UK cracks magical barrier of 1000 vineyards


https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews-tastings/the-uk-now-boasts-more-than-1000-vineyards-533772/


UK Wine Industry Data 2023


https://winegb.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Industry-Data-Infographic-2024-FINAL.pdf


(00:18:52) Death of dinosaurs responsible for wine


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/07/death-of-dinosaurs-responsible-for-wine/


(00:22:45) "Mass" Bier at Oktoberfest 2024 will break €15 barrier
for the first time


https://www.falstaff.com/de/news/wiesn-bier-so-teuer-wird-die-mass-auf-dem-oktoberfest-2024


(00:24:46) Carlsberg UK releases hats to protect from ‘flying
pints’


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/06/carlsberg-uk-releases-hats-to-protect-from-flying-pints/