While the wine ecosystem, from production to distribution, seems to agree on what Fine Wine is not – a wine of poor quality, that’s mass produced, made using short cuts and widely distributed – there is little agreement on what a “Fine Wine” actually is. The very idea that we need to describe the meaning and attributes of Fine Wine … Read More
Podcast – The Rise of the Non-Premise – In Conversation with Tim Angelillo
What if there was a way of – legally -working alongside the established three-tier system in the US to create a disruptive route to market without disrupting the system in place? What would it take to build a distribution channel that would allow consumers to directly order cocktails – or wine- on their phone and receive it a mere three hours later at their door?
What does this new “non-premise” channel could mean for spirits and wine brands alike? How could we leverage it to address the upper-end of the market and create bespoke, premium experiences on top of convenience? What could wine brands willing to extend their digital presence could learn from a model like this?
We talk to Tim Angelillo, founder and CEO of Sourced Craft Cocktails, and discuss how he used his 20 years of experience working for tech giants to create and efficient data and information based system, that checks all the boxes.
The Future of Fine Wine Consumers
This Insight series will present our latest, extensive research on today’s Fine Wine consumers and the complex forces at play that will define the buying behaviours of tomorrow.
The Future of Fine Wine Consumers 2021
Our annual in-depth report on the Future of Fine Wine Consumers.
Four Questions about Dark Kitchens and Fine Wines
What are dark kitchens and how do they operate? Are they a relevant model for Fine Dining? What could Fine Wine learn from the dark kitchen model?
What’s next for restaurants and wine lists?
ARENI starts to imagine the place of restaurants in the post-pandemic world, and ask how changed circumstances will impact their wine lists.
Learning from the Coffee World – In Conversation with Peter Giuliano
What can fine wine learn from coffee? And what, in turn, can coffee learn from fine wine? This week ARENI speaks to Peter Giuliano, the executive director of the Specialty Coffee Association and the Coffee Science Foundation, to explore what two of the world’s favourite beverages can offer each other.
Re-Inventing Restaurants, Re-Thinking Wine lists
We start to imagine the trends and levers of change that will allow restaurants to re-surface, and decrypt how they will affect the restaurants’ wine list.
Podcast – Ingredients, recipes and chefs – How to move the restaurant world forward – In Conversation with Alicia Kennedy
We meet popular food writer Alicia Kennedy, who is currently at work on a history of veganism, to be published in 2022. We discuss food and the many issues surrounding it, from politics and labour to hospitality and sourcing. In exploring what the future holds for ingredients, recipes and the restaurant experience, we consider their impact on the future of restaurants and their wine lists.
Re-inventing restaurants, re-thinking wine lists
The pandemic has created huge uncertainty for the restaurant industry. Many that closed in March 2020 will never serve another customer. The ones that will eventually reopen will do so in a deeply-changed cultural, social and economic landscape.
We start to imagine the trends and levers of change that will allow restaurants to re-surface, and decrypt how they will affect the restaurants’ wine list.
What’s Next? Fine Wine’s Routes to Market in 2021
ARENI explores where, how and in which context Fine wines are likely to reach consumers in 2021.
Wine labelling in Europe – Getting ready for 2022
ARENI invited Geisenheim University’s Professor Monika Christmann, the current vice president of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) and Dr Ignacio Sanchez Recarte, the secretary general of Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins (CEEV – European Committee for Wine Companies), to a discussion about wine labelling, and about upcoming World Health Organisation (WHO) proposals around alcohol, and what they mean for wine.
Shaping Tomorrow – Inside Brussels and the OIV
An essential conversation for any one making wine or selling wine within the European Union.
Shaping Tomorrow – Inside Brussels and the OIV
Tuesday 26th Jan – 4.30pm-6pm GMT – Online For our first Insight Series of the year, we look inside the European Union and the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). From upcoming labelling laws to updates to the Common Agricultural Policy, plus the World’s Heath Organisation (WHO) latest alcohol recommendations, we explore what’s at stake for Fine Wine in … Read More