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Does ChatGPT announce the end of AI sommeliers?

ChatGPT just passed three of the Master Sommelier theory exams. ChatGPT is a chatbot – a computer program designed to simulate a conversation with a human – developed by the San Francisco-based company OpenAI.As its name suggests, ChatGPT is based on the GPT (Generative Pre-Trained Transformer), a type of artificial...
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IoT Technology for the Wine Industry

The IoT can be used to create an intelligent network in which all its members are constantly communicating and transmitting information with each other — especially machinery and products… In this series of articles, I try to understand the implications of topics related to traceability (chapter 1), transparency (chapter 2),...
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A long term Challenge in the Wine Industry

The Regulation aims to enable consumers to have greater confidence in the food safety approvals process by improving the transparency of EU risk assessments in the food chain and strengthening the reliability, objectivity and independence of studies used by the European Food Safety Authority (“EFSA”). TRACEABILITY Chapter 1 — Part...
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AI helps you discover the wine that’s right for you

In 2021, Vivino built AI on top of all their review and profile data to create algorithms that generate a personalized match score for every user and every wine. In this series of articles, I have been analyzing the relationship between wine, personalization and AI. This is the first article....
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Austria: Great Consumers of Wine

Austrians are big wine consumers. In general, consumers are turning to quality products at the expense of low-end products. Helped by strong purchasing power, Austrians are buying wines at higher prices than in the past. The Covid-19 crisis has only reinforced this trend of home consumption and has led to...
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Blockchain: the Future of Wine?

Imagine if the wine business could digitally eliminate fraud. Or if winemakers could geolocate precisely when and where their wines...
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Denmark, a platform of wine re-exports

Denmark is the only open Nordic wine market without a monopoly. In 2018 according to the Danish authorities, the wine market is a platform for re-exports to other Nordic countries. Danish consumers prefer red wines while whites are gaining more and more ground, as is rosé wine, which is appreciated...
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France, de-consumption of wine

Less frequent purchases and, above all, in smaller quantities quantity: this is the face of wine consumption in France as shown by the panels. Wine, like most alcoholic beverages, is losing buyers. A loss that is only partly compensated compensated by the positive demographic evolution. RATE THE FRENCH WINE MARKET...
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Taiwan, Socializing with Wine in Hotel Restaurants

Food is one of Taiwan’s top strengths as a tourist destination, whether the tourists opt for night market snacks or fine dining. Night markets with hundreds of food options are common island wide and remain favorite destinations for foreign tourists. However, Michelin also published the first-ever guide to fine- dining...
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United Kingdom, a Strategic Wine Market

Health concerns, along with changing lifestyles and demographics, mean that the per capita wine consumption is reducing. The UK is a key market for the global wine trade, particularly in terms of sales value. The UK wine market is a vibrant, ever-changing, and competitively challenging environment. Given the low margins...
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Virtual Reality In The Wine Industry

In wine regions from Australia to Napa Valley, winemakers are experimenting with innovative uses for VR technology. Virtual Reality can help boost wine sales for the winery by creating a virtual experience for wine enthusiasts. The world of Virtual Reality (VR), once primarily thought of as a gaming platform for...

How AI will shape the future of wine

Within the next decade, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the power to transform the wine industry forever. Right now, applications of AI for the wine industry are limited – but AI promises to be one of those immersive technologies that are embedded in everything we do, one way or another. AI...
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Malaysia, wine promotion is prohibited

A middle-income country, Malaysia has implemented an economic transition plan to join the club of high-income countries by 2025. With...
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Australia, Wine Consumer Behavior in 2021

A new report has provided a range of insights into Australia’s domestic market consumer’s behavior and how these have been impacted by COVID-19, as well as opportunities for wineries to increase sales through winery-owned channels The most commonly used channels to purchase wine in Australia in 2019 was in person...
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Ukraine, the potential of wine sales

Ukraine is typically referred to as a “high risk – high reward” country for international businesses. Its economy is rebounding...
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AI sensory to boost sales of subscription wine boxes

Wine subscriptions are a smart way to discover something new to drink. There are AI-based solutions that match wines to consumer preferences to market specific wines to consumers. With a mix of machine learning, sensory science and analytical chemistry, AI can pinpoint the palate preferences of individual consumers so retailers...

United Kingdom, most popular wines in restaurants and retailers

Managed pubs, bars and restaurants in the UK saw sales in October up 3% on the same period in 2019, however the rolling 12-month sales – the total amount from the past 12 months – was down 4.5%. Read also London restaurants, price rises above inflation October on-trade figures up...
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Ivory Coast, red wine for spicy food

Côte d’Ivoire is the largest economy in French-speaking Africa, with growth rates averaging 7.5% since 2012. Over the same period,...
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Pricing of Wine By The Glass

Beverage programs need three things: restaurant sales, a good pour cost, and a decent profit margin. Wine by the glass...
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London restaurants, price rises above inflation

Net openings (that is openings minus closures) were at a rate of 22 per year: comparable with the lowest levels seen over the 30-year period. The price of a meals out continues to rise above inflation, with the emergence of the £200+ per head restaurant, the guide revealed. Read also...
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World wine trade will be slow

Early signs suggest that global wine production and consumption may be closer together in 2021 than they have been since...
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China, wine imports still contracting

China’s wine market failed to pick up steam despite early economic recovery from the pandemic and overall growing consumer spending, as limited business banquets and social gatherings still heavily weigh down the country’s wine consumption volume. The Chinese wine market continued to contract in size for a third quarter this...
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Mexico – a future market for wine?

Mexico represents the seventh largest market for California wine. Although per capita consumption in Mexico is less than one liter...
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Investigation on China-Australia wine dispute

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has formally agreed to set up an investigative panel to examine China’s anti-dumping tariffs on Australian wines, a move that will likely anger China after it first blocked Australia’s request in September 2021, says Nathalie Wang, VinoJoy. The decision was announced on Tuesday Oct. 26...
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