Wine industry share prices

Today wine is big business, and most of that big business can be traded on the major share markets in western countries, including Australia where an unprecedented number of wine producers have gone to the stock exchange to raise capital.

Furthermore, there is now an unprecedented number of schemes and means to invest in wine, either as bottled wine or in wine stocks and shares. Wine investment is a buzzword around the world right now, and by clicking here you can learn about its opportunities and pitfalls.

As global distribution channels increase in size and decrease in number, critical mass is all-important. As a consequence, the wine industry is now very familiar with the concept of the hostile takeover, from the largest to the smallest publicly listed companies. To fend off the predatory interests of their competitors in the marketplace, especially northern hemisphere-based wine and spirit companies, Australian wine companies are under constant pressure to keep their share prices high. In itself, this activity now occupies a significant proportion of executive time and attention.

Like it or not, wine and business are inseparable. With only a few exceptions, the large-scale global commodity brands typically depend on large publicly owned producers selling their wines around the world via large-scale distributors to giant retail chains. Whether we like it or not, or drink those wines or not, they are today the lifeblood of the world wine trade.

Through his twenty-one years as a professional wine writer, Jeremy Oliver has developed a unique network of Australian and global wine business contacts. He is in a unique position to commentate not only on major wine business activities, but how they relate to more important issues for most consumers, like quality in the bottle and how much it's going to cost.

Jeremy Oliver's website is a great way of keeping in touch with the business side of Australian wine through regularly posted articles and analysis. To subscribe, click here.

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