#162 Weekly Update Taxi to Champagne Bordeaux can lose 20k ha visitor record VieVinum Agave price dilemma no future for fortified

Weekly Update with an Austrian-French focus this week. And we
talk about the tough future of fortified and the story of agave
prices. Oh and a taxi bringing you to Champagne.





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





Shownotes:


(00:00:00) INfo


(00:03:51) New marketing campaigns for US market needed


https://www.meiningers-international.com/wine/insights/us-wine-industry-fights-back-new-marketing-campaigns


(00:05:32) Visitor record for VieVinum in Vienna


https://www.meininger.de/wein/events/besucherrekord-fuer-vievinum


(00:08:02) Winemakers share facilities for more efficiency


https://www.der-winzer.at/news/2024/04/sieben-winzer-eroeffnen-gemeinsame-weinhallen.html


(00:10:32) Bordeaux vine clearance up to 20ha possible


https://www.meininger.de/wein/politik-und-verbaende/20000-hektar-weniger-bordeaux?


(00:12:27) Nine Bordeaux Chateaux confiscated


https://www.meininger.de/wein/erzeuger/neun-chateaus-konfisziert


(00:14:01) English sparkling launched in Paris


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/05/coates-seely-launches-blanc-de-blancs/


(00:15:47) There is no mass market for fortified wines


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/05/have-wine-drinkers-been-missing-out-on-fortified-wines/


(00:18:10) Millennials want wine vacation instead of wine
education


https://www.winebusiness.com/news/article/286810


(00:21:29) What is the healthiest wine to drink?


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/05/the-healthiest-wines-to-drink-according-to-a-dietitian/


(00:24:40) Agave prices go crazy - downwards


https://mixology.eu/agavenpreise-aufstieg-fall/


(00:27:09) Uber enters the wine tourism business


https://www.travelandleisure.com/uber-bubbles-champagne-france-paris-8654411