#212 Weekly Update💥 Smashing Bottles 🎄Sober Holidays 🚂 Wine on the Tracks

From French grape growers staging bottle-smashing protests outside Lidl to Singapore Airlines pouring Cristal in the skies, this week’s update is packed with drama, innovation, and a sprinkle of holiday sparkle. ✨

Here’s what we’re covering:
🍇 Protests and blockades in France over Spanish wine imports
🇩🇪 Major vineyard cuts by a top German producer
🇮🇹 Italy’s cultural shift in wine consumption
🎄 Sober Christmas is trending
🇬🇧 Brits are puzzled by wine terminology
🍺 Alcohol-free beer is booming in the EU
🚂 Luxury Champagne dinners on the UK’s poshest train
✈️ Singapore Airlines goes exclusive with Cristal
🍅 Pizza Hut introduces a tomato wine
🏀 NBA star enters the Napa wine scene

From cultural shifts to creative drinks marketing, this episode has something for everyone. Don’t miss it! 💬 Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

Alexander Gottschalk (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-gottschalk-641838223/)

Shownotes:

(00:00:00) Beaujolais Nouveau

Sandridge Barton New Release https://www.instagram.com/reel/DChaSgRI0hT/?igsh=MW51ejR3Z3UxY2UxZg==

(00:02:32 ) Angry French grape growers smash bottles outside Lidl

https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/angry-french-grape-growers-smash-bottles-outside-lidl-544119/

(00:06:26) French Growers block motorway and hijack lorries containing Spanish wine

https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/french-protests-growers-block-motorway-and-hijack-lorries-containing-spanish-wine-544630/

(00:08:02) Famous German producer reduces vineyards drastically

https://www.meininger.de/wein/erzeuger/markgraf-von-baden

(00:10:02) Italy sees a cultural shift in wine consumption

https://winenews.it/en/italians-are-not-giving-up-wine-but-changing-demographics-types-and-consumption-occasions_541842/

(00:12:08) Sober Christmas is getting real

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/11/21-of-christmas-parties-will-be-alcohol-free-this-year/

(00:16:25) Brits are baffled by wine terminology

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14112205/wine-lovers-baffled-jargon-terminology-UK.html

(00:00:00) Alcohol-free beer is becoming more popular in the EU

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/15/alcohol-free-beer-is-becoming-more-popular-in-the-eu-but-will-it-overtake-traditional-beer

My AF Beer Favorites: https://youtu.be/Etu8QmjB-us

(00:19:19) Luxury Champagne Christmas Dinner in UK's poshest train 

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/uks-poshest-train-coming-glasgow-30404695

(00:20:39 ) Singapore Airlines exclusively offering Roederer Cristal from December

https://www.traveldailymedia.com/singapore-airlines-elevates-suites-and-first-class-experience-by-exclusively-offering-cristal-2015-champagne/

(00:21:46) Pizza Hut is introducing a tomato wine

https://fortune.com/2024/11/19/pizza-hut-tomato-wine/

(00:23:20) NBA star launches own Napa Red

https://www.winebusiness.com/news/article/295098