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AAWE is a non-profit organization based at NYU in New York City. We publish the Journal of Wine Economics and organize annual wine economics conferences. www.wine-economics.org email: aawe@wine-economics.org Posts by @karlstorchmann.bsky.social
Picnic in France in the 1960s. Never far from the car (here a Panhard 17), never without wine.
Life expectancy at birth in the European Union, 2024. Source: Eurostat.
Monthly U.S. Beer, Wine, and Liquor Store Sales, Jan 2010 - Dec 2025
UK's Sparkling Wine Imports by Country of Origin, 2010-2025.
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Boys working in a vineyard in Conca de Barberà, Tarragona (Catalonia), Spain, 1947.
Funny or sad? In 1990, two California School Districts banned this "Little Red Riding Hood" book because it shows a bottle of wine in the basket several times; in addition, the text claims that wine has revitalizing properties.
Vineyard Area in California and Languedoc-Roussillon, 1974-2024
Global Organic Permanent Cropland (2023).
Georg Mayer-Marton (Hungarian 1897–1960) Weinleserinnen (female wine harvesters) 1950. Belvedere, Vienna
Per Capita Wine, Beer and Spirits Consumption in Hungary, 1961–2025. Overall alcohol consumption has been steadily declining from its peak of more than 13 liters of pure alcohol per capita in the early 1980s to now less than 9 liters. Wine has moved from favorite alcoholic beverage to least favorite
Family portrait in Dunapentele (today Dunaújváros), Hungary, in 1910. Lots of wine. Household staff in the background.
Publicity stunt for "Édes pezsgő" ("sweet champagne") sparkling wine, Hungary 1969.
Value of Hungary's Wine Trade, 2000–2025. Hungary is a net exporter of wine; growing exports and flat imports have resulted in a rising wine trade surplus.
Wine History: Carloads of Wine Grapes at Stockton, California — Early 1900s colorized picture postcard depicting grapes arriving at Stockton's El Pinal Winery, a winery founded in 1858.
Dramatic Vineyard Area Decline in Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, and Romania (1945–2024)
Carloads of grapes in Northern California, 1935 - one year after the end of prohibition.
Tomato wine! And other useful information.
Richard Harvey Phelps (1855): “The vine: its culture in the United States. Wine making from grapes and other fruit; useful recipes, &c.. Hartford, CT. 1855. archive.org/details/vine...
Hungary's Main Wine Export Markets in 2025. Many interesting insights. Slovakia is the most important export market by both value and volume. The U.S. imports by far the most expensive wine ($11/liter), followed by Russia, Japan, China, and Spain!
Wine merchant in Palermo, Sicily (Italy), c. 1880. Photo by Fratelli Alinari, an Italian photography company founded in Florence in 1852.
2024 Georgian banknote featuring Georgia as the "Cradle of Wine" with over 8,000 years of uninterrupted winemaking tradition. It's not legal tender but a limited-edition collectors' banknote called the "Euro Circularum 8000", only 5,000 pieces issued with the approval of the European Central Bank.
In 2025, the value of U.S. wine exports declined by more than 33%, from $1,278 million to $850 million. Most of the decline is due to Canada (-$343 million, - 77%). However, China, (-$69 million, -72%), the UK (-$14 million, -8%) and Panama (-$11 million, -74%) also exhibit significant losses.
Michael Apitz (German b. 1965) Schloss Johannisberg, Rheingau.
Destinations of Spain's Bulk Wine Exports (2024)
Main Wine Grape Varieties in Hungary (2023)
In 2025, U.S. wine export value declined by $428 million (34%), largely attributable to a substantial contraction in exports to Canada (-$343m, -77%). Exports to China (-$69m, -73%), the UK (-$14m, -8%), and Panama (-$11m, -74%) also exhibit notable declines, albeit on a considerably smaller scale.
A Swiss Belle Époque wine advertising for Albert Weber's Vins Vaudois (Vevey) c. 1890s.
In absolute terms, the US is the top market for Argentine organic wine exports, followed by the UK and Sweden. But relative to population, Sweden and Denmark stand out — over half of Argentina's wine exports to both countries are organic (52.1% and 61.7%, respectively).
The world's largest sparkling wine producer: Henkell Freixenet takes on full control of Freixenet S.A. On a side note, Henkell Freixenet is on the Industry Advisory Board of the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE).
www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2026/03/henk...
Value of U.S. Wine, Beer and Spirits Imports, 2010–2025
In 2025, wine imports fell by 8.3% (−$565 million) and beer imports fell by 6.9% (−$517 million). Both are dwarfed by the 26.3% (−$3.1 billion) decline in spirits imports.
