Notable increase in Rias Baixas exportations!
Notable increase in Rias Baixas exportations!
Ver mensaje de Paco HigónThe wines from D.O. Rías Baixas increased their exportations in a 49,26% between september 2003 and october 2004. Have you increased your consumption of this kind of wines? Do you think they are competitive in prices?
Cheers!!
This afternoon I’ve been reading yesterday newspapers...
Ver mensaje de Paco Higón(Ehem... a looong Sunday I know ;)
And I’ve read that they’re exporting wines to... China!
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Jose
Albariño seems to be a difficult word to be....
Ver mensaje de josePronounced by a Chinese ;)))
Re: Albariño seems to be a difficult word to be....
Ver mensaje de Paco HigónNo, and no!
I imagine what is happening is that Albariño is becoming better known and they are managing to sell wine in markets where they didn’t sell it before. There certainly isn’t any more of it about here in UK.
Re: Notable increase in Rias Baixas exportations!
Ver mensaje de Paco HigónMy general perception in the US is that some high-end Albariños (for example, Martín Códax) have disappeared, although there are some cheaper ones (for example, Nora) are readily available. Generally these cheaper wines are decent, but at this point a don’t know where I would turn to find a really impressive Albariño.
Even at the lower end of the market, I suspect that Rias Baixas might feel the effects of sharing the US market for Spanish whites with new competitors from Rueda.
The production in Rias Baixas historically has always been very small relative to demand. I know there has been a very big expansion in production in recent years, but I wonder whether this is a good thing.