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6 Highly Effective Tips for Wine Producers Affected by the COVID Pandemic

May 12, 2020

With the closing of restaurants and hotels, consumer lockdown, a decrease in spending, plus a multitude of other problems, many wine producers are trying to find ways to keep their businesses alive. BWI has created…

Finding and Working with Wine Importers in Africa – The BWI Guide

May 8, 2020

Africa is playing an increasingly important role in the world’s economy and the emergence of a vast middle class in many of the continent’s countries will fuel habits like wine and fine spirits consumption, leading…

Slovenia Wine Importers and Wine Import Trends 2020

April 24, 2020

Slovenia, strategically located at the gateway to the Western Balkans is a strong regional and international player. With the highest GDPs in this region of Europe, $38,462, in 2019, the Slovenian economy allowed the development…

Iceland’s Wine, Beer and Spirits Importers, Monopoly System and 2020 Trends

April 13, 2020

Iceland is a small market, with most of the population concentrated around the capital Reykjavik, which features a strong economy and a tourist industry that depends heavily on imports, especially in the food and beverage…

Lithuania Wine Importers and Import Trends 2020

April 10, 2020

Lithuania is a relatively small country, with a population of almost 3 million, but a vital wine market in the Baltic region. Producers looking for success here can start working with wine importers and distributors…

Mexico Wine, Spirits and Beer Importers and Import Trends 2020

April 3, 2020

Mexico, the 14th economy in the world, is a large market with enormous potential and with a beverage sector that reported imports worth US$1.12 billion two years ago. Wine consumption increased by over 40% in…

A new tool: The U.S. Market Price Structure Calculator for Spirits

April 2, 2020

We have received a lot of positive feedback after last year’s launch of a free tool, the U.S. Wine Pricing Calculator, which helped international wine producers calculate the exporter-to-retail shelf price for their wines in…

Wine Importers and Wine Import Trends in Canada 2020

March 25, 2020

When Canadians raise a glass of wine it’s mostly likely an imported brand and that’s partly because the domestic wine industry remains too small to supply one of the top 10 wine importers in the…

Indian Wine Importers and Import Guide 2020

February 5, 2020

India is a sleeping giant when it comes to the potential of its wine market; even though there are a lot of similarities with the Chinese market, China managed to overcome a number of important…

New in 2020: A Revolutionary Search Engine to Find Brands and Many More

January 14, 2020

We’re starting 2020 with a major improvement to our database: the possibility to quickly find importers for very specific products (wine brands, wine varieties, etc.). In the past searching for an importer who has in…

Wine Importers in the UK: Perspectives, Opportunities and Top Buyers

December 4, 2019

The United Kingdom is the second-largest wine importer in the world, with an imported wine value close to 4 billion EUR in 2018 – a market that is experiencing significant changes in the context of…

Financial data update for Norway, Denmark, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia

November 6, 2019

The second part of the financial information update for the wine, beer and spirits importers, retail stores and distributors, included in our databases, is now available online. The users of the BestWineImporters platform can quickly…

Wine Imports and Importers in Denmark: 2019-2020

October 22, 2019

There are a number of things that strike the interest in the wine market of the Danes: negligible domestic production (major reliance upon imports), adventurous consumers ready to try new wines, a high per capita…

Financial data update for Sweden, Estonia, Finland, France and Hungary

October 16, 2019

It’s finally time to release the latest financial information update for some of the companies included in our databases, which will cover 2018 data for wine, beer and spirits importers, distributors and retailers from France,…

Finding Success in Ireland’s Wine Market: Trends, Importers, Distributors and Supermarkets in 2019

September 18, 2019

Most wine professionals describe Ireland’s wine market using words like stable, traditional, mature, open to business. Considering this and the fact that we’re talking about a top 15 wine market globally, one that benefits from…

BestWineImporters Partners with IBC to Offer its Clients Access to Global Scores and Medals

July 31, 2019

We’re delighted to announce our new partnership with the International Beverage Competitions, which will allow the BestWineImporters clients to get special prices for entering their wine, beer and spirits in the IBC competitions. Recognizing the…

Wine Importers in Vietnam – BestWineImporters

July 17, 2019

Beer is still the clear winner in the top of preferred alcoholic beverages in Vietnam, with a share of over 90%, but wine is becoming more popular among the growing middle class and the portfolios…

Wine Pricing Model and Formulas for the U.S. Market

May 21, 2019

How do you price your wines in the U.S. in order to maximize your profit and successfully navigate the complex tax system which can prove a headache for a foreign wine producer who is looking…

How to Identify and Approach Potential Wine Importers – A Quick Guide

March 6, 2019

How do you decide which importers are the right ones for your wines? What’s the best way to approach them? What are the common questions that they will most likely ask before they consider starting…

A new Partnership with Steve Raye and a New Bonus Book for Our Clients

February 5, 2019

We are proud to announce a partnership with Steve Raye, the CEO of Bevology, and one of the most respected consultants on topics regarding the US wine and spirits market. We’ve started this collaboration in…

Discover our latest feature: Trusted Companies

January 16, 2019

Finding an importer or distributor that you can trust can prove difficult, especially if you’re targeting a new market. This is why we’re trying to help you with a new feature, a “Trusted” badge which…

Wine Importers in Japan – BestWineImporters

January 15, 2019

Japan is the seventh largest wine importer in the world, a mature and sophisticated market with over 30 million consumers. Close to 250 wine importers and distributors operate in the country and although Old World…

Japan Wine Imports: A mature, loyal and still growing market

November 5, 2018

Japan was the sixth largest wine importer in the world last year, a position which makes the Land of the Rising Sun a highly interesting, though equally challenging market. We will try to see what…

Financial data update for wine, beer and spirits importers from Norway, Romania & Hungary

July 31, 2018

The BestWineImporters databases have been updated this month with new financial data for wine, beer and spirits importers and distributors from Hungary, Romania and Norway. Clients with access to our system can analyze details about…