Chile
Summary
1 - The Chilean vineyards
2 - The sparkling wine production
3 - The sparkling wine consumption
4 - The sparkling wine importations
5 - The sparkling wine exportations
6 - Business organizations in sparkling wine industry
7 - Business opportunities for the viti-vinicole development
8 - Information
Main producing regions: Valparaíso, Maule and O’Higgins
Grape varieties used: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
2 - The sparkling wine production
Between 12 and 14 million of bottles
Winemaking techniques: Traditional method and Charmat method
Nomber of producers (2008): 8
3 - The sparkling wine consumption
5 208 000 bottles in 2007 (+ 11,7% compared with 2006)
Points of sale terminals: supermarkets, hard discounts, cellarmans, direct sales
Trend: in volum, the consumption increases again and again. Champagne and sparkling wines should remplace the local drinks.
4 - The sparkling wine importations
319 006 bottles in 2007
Suppliers: Argentina, Spain, France, Italy, Brazil.
5 - The sparkling wine exportations
More than 5 million of bottles (between october 2010 and september 2011) (+ 23,7% compared with previous year)
Customers: Venezuela, Ecuador, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia
6 - Business organizations in sparkling wine industry
La Corporacion Chilena del Vino A.G.: in charge of promotion of the competitivity and the cooperation for the vitivinicole sector.
Wines of Chile, located in London, in charge of chilean wines promotion
Language for correspondence: spanish, english
7 - Business opportunities for the viti-vinicole development
Sparkling wine consumption increases clearly compared with other wines
Good quality/price ratio of chilian wines
Huge demand of modern equipments integrating innovative technologies.
New markets open currently for chilean wine: the exportations to Russian market and to Chinese market have been booming.
Sources :
Ubifrance: November, 2008
www.winesofchile.fr
Updating: February, 2009 - December, 2011
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