Bordeaux: the bulk wine market gets back on track (June 22, 2010)

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Two months from the end of the campaign and the volume of wine transactions for Bordeaux wines is up by 18% compared to the same period of the last campaign. The rise is even more marked for the Bordeaux appellation: up 21% for red wine, 30% for rosé and 21% for white wine. This growth should be taken in context, since the the previous campaign was a gloomy year for the appellation with an extremely marked drop in volumes traded (-40% at the start of the campaign, -29% at the end). This year’s recovery does not then allow for recuperating the losses in wine volume from the last campaign. However, several indicators enable the confirmation that recovery is on the way: the bulk wine market has seen more activity in the past three months with an increase in volume of 29% while the overall rise is just 18% for the past ten months. Moreover, ex cellar bulk wine sales are up by 22% for the first three months of the year, confirming the upturn in purchasing. On the basis of these recent developments, the CIVB is banking on a volume of 5 to 5.1 million hl sold this campaign compared to 4.7 million hl in 2008-2009. Without returning to pre-crisis levels (5.9 million hl), the wine market is showing a more encouraging level. Prices, however, are noticeably in decline with an average cask price of €878 for AOP Bordeaux red, while it was up to €967 last year at the end of the campaign. This value is equivalent to the 2006-2007 campaign. The average amount masks an ever-widening wine price range with two pricing regimes: Bordeaux valued at €1000 a barrel for about half of all transactions and wine prices between €350 and €800 a barrel for the other half.

Clark Wine Center was built in 2003 by Hong Kong-based Yats International Leisure Philippines to become the largest wine shop in Philippines supplying Asia’s wine lovers with fine vintage wines at attractive prices.  Today, this wine shop in Clark Philippines offers over 2000 selections of fine wines from all major wine regions in the world.  As a leading wine supplier in Philippines, Pampanga’s Clark Wine Center offers an incomparable breadth of vintages, wines from back vintages spanning over 50 years.  Clark Wine Center is located in Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone adjacent to Angeles City, just 25 minutes from Subic and 45 minutes from Manila.

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Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila

Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple:  after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave.  From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City.  From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.