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On-Trade News: Wine loses out on £1.2bn
Research from Constellation Europe suggests that nearly a third of home wine consumers do not consume wine in the on-trade.
“That amounts to a potential £1.2 billion-worth of lost wine sales for the pub trade,†says Norrie Donaldson, Constellation’s on-trade customer marketing controller. Constellation commissioned Wine Intelligence to conduct extensive research into wine-drinking behaviour, which highlighted significant potential for wine sales in the on-trade. The research suggested the possibility of increasing the number of people who drink wine in pubs by up to 41%.
Presentation of wine was identified as the most important factor, with freshness and temperature of the wine apparently
also playing an important role in consumers’ decision-making process. The research also identified different pub categories, as well as different types of wine consumers.
© db September 2006