Miami, one of the largest cities in Florida, sits by the Atlantic Ocean, making it a prime holiday destination. Scott Saunders takes its wine pulse.

The way alcohol is sold in Canada’s British Columbia province was overhauled, beginning in April this year. Treve Ring looks at what this means for everybody throughout the supply chain.

Holland is a country so full of independent merchants, it can be hard to make sense of the market. Fortunately, Cees van Casteren MW is on hand to show the way.

Bordeaux’s city administration is bent on promoting the region as a wine tourism destination. But while chateaux are renovating facilities and opening their doors, there’s still a way to go, finds Panos Kakaviatos.

Abadía Retuerta has recreated itself as a luxury offering, with the aim of becoming one of Spain’s most notable brands. Felicity Carter reports.

United Distributors is one of Russia’s biggest wine companies. And it began to expand the day its CEO realised that ‘wine’ and ‘wine business’ are two different things. Anton Moiseenko speaks to Valery Filatov.

The Czech Republic is most famous for the invention of Pilsner beer, yet there is also a local wine industry, says Helena Baker. While there’s a small market for imports, the Czech love their own wine.

Wine sales in Poland increased by over 50% in a decade. What consumer trends are fuelling that success story? Wojciech Bońkowski finds out.

Despite the strength of the big multiples, Denmark has a thriving culture of independent wine retail. Elsebeth Lohfert introduces some of the characterful wine aficionados who have made this such a dynamic market.

At least half of all the alcohol consumed in Norway is bought across the border in Sweden. Mai Tjemsland MW takes a closer look at the relationship between these small but dynamic Scandinavian markets.

The received wisdom is that the Chinese will only drink red wine. But Jim Boyce says the emergence of adventurous consumers who can bypass traditional distributors is about to overturn that view.

The ongoing economic crisis has left parts of the Greek economy in tatters and wine has suffered its share as well. Yet, as Grigoris Michailos makes clear, some sectors of the wine trade are thriving.

There’s been a flurry of news stories recently about the emergence of a market for luxury goods in Africa. Christian Holthausen looks at how Champagne is faring there.

When an American couple began buying French properties, they assumed they could introduce American-style selling. But the French had other ideas, finds Robert Joseph.

There was a time when UK shoppers were slightly embarrassed to be seen in Aldi and Lidl. But, finds Annabel Jackson, the German discounters are now wildly popular.