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Country 2012 2013 2014p % Chg. Share
Italy 5,182,941 5,110,380 5,075,925 -0.7% 53.5%
Australia 1,402,753 1,277,908 1,224,462 -4.2% 12.9%
Chile 749,431 698,470 708,506 1.4% 7.5%
Argentina 658,863 706,301 730,329 3.4% 7.7%
France 504,871 488,210 482,538 -1.2% 5.1%
New Zealand 400,943 449,691 493,230 9.7% 5.2%
Germany 235,028 225,157 268,016 19.0% 2.8%
Spain 228,036 253,576 254,619 0.4% 2.7%
South Africa 61,694 63,853 69,442 8.8% 0.7%
Portugal 17,977 18,498 22,767 23.1% 0.2%
Greece 16,752 16,417 17,916 9.1% 0.2%
Others 121,170 52,401 139,300 ++% 1.5%
Total 9,580,459 9,360,862 9,487,052 1.3% 100.0%
(9-Liter Cases)
(p) Preliminary. (++) Greater than 100%.
Source: The Beverage Information Group Handbooks & Directories, www.bevinfostore.com
On-Premise Consumption
of Imported Table Wine
While Italy by far is the most consumed imported wine at bars and restaurants, other countries,
including Portugal and German, are showing impressive growth. Meanwhile, on-premise
consumption of Australian wine has been slipping, while New Zealand's share is picking up.
CALLING ALL BEER EXPERTS!
Do you love beer? The craft beer explosion—and the long success of our National
Wine Panel—have inspired Cheers to form a new Beer Panel to review the newest
and most interesting brews to hit the market.
Together with our sister publication Beverage Dynamics, which will collect re-
views from off-premise beer experts, we'll create a continuous stream of new beer
reviews for our readership. Many operators use our wine reviews to promote prod-
ucts on the menu, and we hope they'll do the same with these new beer reviews.
If you're a cicerone or on-premise manager who specializes in beer sales (espe-
cially craft) and you'd like more information about joining our panel, please contact
associate editor Kyle Swartz at kswartz@specialtyim.com or 203-855-8499 x225.
