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RT @hangingditch: @WINESTARS1 @springvalewines - Future winestars? Generations at play at #LIWF @robertjoseph ... brilliant!

RT @O_Legrand_IR: Reading reports of LIWF conferences gives impression this is the masochists world congress: so many ppl happy to say they perform so badly!

Thoughts from the London International Wine Fair #LIWF

RT @HMAwineconsults: @robertjoseph #liwf Vinni designed by @strangerstuff

#liwf mcguigan's new Vinni 5.5% moscato

#liwf Schaafsma talking about Vinni, new 5.5% sparkling Moscato. Trendy cool

@camelvalleybob Jancis didn't specify but briefly showed a pic of shelves in Chateauneuf winery

#liwf Jancis r: not enough attention on energy used for production and storage.

#liwf Jancis r: big trend away from new oak.move to trendy shapes of cement. Lots of fun for winemaker

#liwf Jancis R: lots of chemicals still going into wine eg Chateauneuf. But natural not enough. Has to be good too

#liwf jancis R: brands coy about where wines come from. Still huge demand for Pinot Noir.

#LIWF Jancis R: unless economies collapse, we'll need more mechanisation in vineyards. Manual becoming unaffordable.

#liwf Mackenzie: BMW increased motorbike sales by focusing on how customers use the bikes.

#liwf Mackenzie: talk about picnics not barbecues. Ppl have more of former than latter

#liwf Mackenzie: we're saying wine is serious. Not to be treated casually. Images of smiling ppl drinking/enjoying

#liwf Mackenzie: stop using ages of grapes, glasses of wine & men looking at wine (not drinking it)

#liwf mackenzie: we need to focus more on customer. Think less about where wine is from. More about where it's going.

#liwf Mackenzie: they often casually mix wines in glasses.

@O_Legrand_IR @imbibeandsavour @winebusprof wine producers are usually bad at validating consumer's expenditure on their bottles

@Timatkin @BabelWine lucky you! I'm really enjoying the non-tainted bottles and feeling frustrated about the others. Maybe I carry an aura!

@RVimmerstedt Up to 8 I think. Not bad in 4 days! Inc some quite pricy bottles. (Oh the Hauner TCA cork broke as well)

@CrowMo99 not just A v D. Ch Margaux buys A and gets TCA ( as seen in London experimental tasting) + bottle variation

And another cork-tainted Sicilian red. Pity because 2nd bottle of this Syrah was rather impressive & Rhoney

@RandallGrahm The good bottle was terrific. The bad one, just TCA-flattened.

@O_Legrand_IR Thank you! Terrifyingly busy week! Conference today; Presentation "Why do we hate consumers?" tomorrow. #WINESTARS Thursday...

@O_Legrand_IR @imbibeandsavour @winebusprof wine producers are usually bad at validating consumer's expenditure on their bottles

@BluePoles Terroir is implicit on most labels and in the belief that country and region matter to consumers.

@BluePoles I'd say that coffee and wine are not treated that dissimilarly by many consumers as they go through supermarket

@bkwineper Just served a COS 2010 'Natural' Pithos Nero d'Avola Frappato ($50 US) to 18 visiting Brit consumers + 3 Sicilians against...

@WINESTARS1 @susanmccraith @winebusprof @winekat the problem is always the gatekeepers, more than the consumers

Just interviewed Quebec Monopoly for @meiningers re Taste Tags they've created to simplify life for consumers

RT @winematcher: Are mentions of fruit - and other - flavours helpful to consumers? This week's @guardian column
(Hello @robertjoseph!)

@grapeideas Australian punters know Semillon. But few oz producers made money selling it. Several already bastardised style.

@O_Legrand_IR @imbibeandsavour @winebusprof wine producers are usually bad at validating consumer's expenditure on their bottles

@rmerinob63 @CatMonahan Yes but UK is huge market for US too, but very few producers are represented here. Mostly big brands / own label

My most contentious post yet? Proof that some big name wine producers really don't care about teroir.

@WINESTARS1 @susanmccraith @winebusprof @winekat It will be driven by US producers in the US.. (like sweet red). Watch this space

RT @subirch: China is now the world's sixth largest (wine) producer and able to meet around 85 percent of local demand.