Overview: Trend topics
ProWein 2024: Brandy – the grape renaissance
06.12.2023
Current spirit trends at ProWein 2024 By Jürgen Deibel When talking about brandy people should choose their words carefully because whenever wine-based spirits are involved every little detail has its own specific meaning.ProWein 2024: PiWis are the Next-Gen Grapes
07.11.2023
Fungal disease remains the biggest obstacle to organic winegrow-ing, even as the organic wine category continues to grow rapidly due largely to consumer awareness to environmental issues and climate change. So their resistance of these wines to fungal in-fection makes the so-called PiWi grape varieties the cool new route to organic wine production.ProWein 2023: Trendtext "Beer & Craft Beer – where does the international world of beer stand?"
03.03.2023
Germany is a country with a rich brewing tradition – made possible by regional beer culture, outstanding hop-growing regions, best-of-breed brewing malt, exemplary education curricula and extensive yeast banks. The craft beer segment, in particular, is constantly developing and also making inroads in high-end food service.ProWein 2023: Trendtext “#kabilove: Reframing Riesling Kabinetts and Co. at ProWein 2023”
03.03.2023
The most striking thing about the rapid growth of interest in German Riesling Kabinetts is the mere existence of this burgeoning trend, represented now more than ever before through pop-ups, masterclasses and stand events at this year’s ProWein (19-21 March).ProWein 2023: Trendtext “no and low alcohol”
13.02.2023
Almost unthinkable just a few years ago: no alcohol as a lifestyle segment. Non-alcoholic beers were only remotely reminiscent of the original, a beverage category of alcohol-free distillates did not exist yet, and no-alcohol choices on cocktail menus were often entitled “mocktails” – i.e. fake cocktails.ProWein 2023: Trendtext The World of Organic Wines
23.01.2023
The desire to go green is no longer limited to consumers with green politics. A growing awareness of food and beverage safety plus growing awareness of environmental and climate change issues means that an increasing number of consumers are seeking out products made without the use of synthetic chemicals or genetically-modified components...ProWein 2023: Trendtext Whisky
03.01.2023
A classic that people never tire of – whisky. Many might first think of Scotland. And in actual fact, many parts of the world were inspired by the Scottish tradition and its distillation methods making whisky an international product today – but usually with a hint of Scotland.ProWein 2023: Trendtext Message in a bag in box
24.11.2022
Planet Wine is on the cusp of a packaging revolution. The idea that good wine comes in a glass bottle with a cork used to go without saying. Beginning in 2000 in the Clare Valley of South Australia, however, the use of screw caps rapidly became the norm for numerous categories of wine. Recent years saw the quiet introduction of light-glass bottles, often unnoticed by consumers.ProWein 2022: Specialist Article No. 3 "Blurred Lines"
05.05.2022
Once upon a time, the lines between the categories of alcoholic beverages were clearly defined and easily recognizable. Every producer had a lane to stay in, a particular audience to reach, and a clearly defined message to transmit.ProWein 2022: Specialist Article No. 2 "How Climate Change is Driving Adaptation in the Vineyard"
21.04.2022
It’s a 21st century truism that “change comes from within.” But the truth of the matter is that it usually only comes as a result of outside pressures. During prior decades vineyard replanting was typically driven by market forces and fashions, now those replantings are happening in response to a completely different outside pressure.