INTERNATIONAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT
CLASS PROJECT - WINE TRADE
Students have been assigned to a team of 2 or 3 to develop an international market development project.
Students are assigned to work for the same fictitious wine domaine: Domaine de X, with the same product line. They will be given fixed parameters/constraints regarding the wines and the domaine.
Each team will be assigned a different market for these wines, specifically:
-a specific region: Scandinavia
-a type of retailer : Whole market
4. Overview of countries
21 L wine per capita /year
Consumption : + 40%
Exports to Norway and Denmark
16 L wine per capita / year
Consumption : + 50%
No production
Growing consumption
State monopoly
Few inhabitants
10 L wine per capita / year
Consumption : doubled
5. The State Monopoly
Vinmonopolet : 85%
Importer for Vinmonopoly
and on-trade
Systembolaget : 90%
Assortiment to order
Swedish wineclubs
ALKO OY : 65%
Importer for ALKO OY or for "on-trade"
Small-scale ferry trade
Calls fo tenders
Licensed importers
6. Consumer profile
BiB = 50%
Traditional wines
But back to old world qualitative wines
BiB = 30%
Seasoned consumers
Traditional European wines
BiB = 40%
Vodka : 24%
Adapting their taste in a more
traditional way.
Open-minded
Prefer red wines, few ros辿
Quality for European
wines
7. Italy : 1st
France: 2nd
Chile : less qualitative
Languedoc : 300,000 L
Competitive context
Italy: 1st (value)
France: 2nd (value)
Chile & South Africa : less qualitative
Languedoc : 4 M. L
France : 1st (value)
Chile : 2nd (value)
Italy : 4th
Languedoc : 1.5 M. L
8. Trends
Increase in quantity
Increase in red, white and ros辿
BiB : stable
Increase in quantity
Red : stable,
white and ros辿 : increase
BiB : increase
Decrease in quantity
Red : stable, white : increase,
ros辿 : stable
BiB : increase
Increase in quality
French increase in
volume