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enoVate weekly insights broadcast. Monday, November 2nd, 2009

enoVate weekly insights broadcast. Monday, November 2nd, 2009
We’re having some slight issues with the send out of our weekly insights broadcast, so until we iron out those issues, please download below by clicking on the picture. Thanks!
November 3rd, 2009 | Alcohol | Read More

Analysis: China’s Lively Alcohol Scene

Analysis: China
enoVate has been investigating China’s alcohol market. Anyone who is in the industry will understand the attraction of China’s growing market and, as we detail below, there is good reason to watch this market’s developments. The Beer Market: Consolidation and Competition Unlike the...
November 2nd, 2009 | Alcohol, China Design, Creativity and Design, Suntory, Taiwan Beer, Trends and Insights, Tsingtao Beer, Wuliangye | Read More

Move on over, Bai Jiu & Beer, more Wine is here!

Move on over, Bai Jiu & Beer, more Wine is here!
As I visited the various types of retail outlets that sell alcohol in Beijing, I started to notice something. An increasingly amount of retailers are dedicating shelf space to grape wine.  Don’t get me wrong, wine still lives in the shadows of bai jiu and beer in terms of consumption in China. ...
October 30th, 2009 | Alcohol | Read More

Flooded with Fake Wines!

Flooded with Fake Wines!
Have you heard the rumors about fake wine in China? At least in Shanghai, it’s hard to walk a block and not see a wine store. Eventually, you start to wonder about possible quality control issues. Is this little shack of a wine store really selling “authentic” French product? So today we at enoVate...
October 28th, 2009 | Alcohol, Miscellaneous, Trends and Insights | Read More

enoVate weekly insights broadcast. October 26th, 2009

enoVate weekly insights broadcast. October 26th, 2009
This past Monday we sent out our weekly insights broadcast after an exhilarating week researching alcohol culture in China. If you did not receive the broadcast, you can click on the picture and download below! And of course, if you would like to receive our weekly broadcast, please sign up on the right...
October 28th, 2009 | Alcohol, Trends and Insights | Read More

Taiwan Beer Taps into Mainland China

Taiwan Beer Taps into Mainland China
(photo credit, miaourock) Recently in Shanghai, we’ve begun to notice Taiwan Beer popping onto shelves in convenience stores and restaurants throughout the city. Taiwan has been lobbying to gain access and trademarks in the Chinese beer market for over a decade and its recent success could be...
October 27th, 2009 | Alcohol, Taiwan Beer | Read More

Beer Is The Drink Of China’s Eighties Generation

Beer Is The Drink Of China
Sunnie Qin, enoVate super intern, provides further insight into the lifestyles of the eighties generation and the way they see alcohol. Yellow liquid, white foam, together with non-stop bubbles, this is beer. One can often see guys with big bottles of beer chatting at the bar, or friends cheering on...
October 26th, 2009 | Alcohol, Erguotou, Trends and Insights | Read More

Does Chinese Wine Need A Re-design?

Does Chinese Wine Need A Re-design?
Our designer Kelvin Jin, obviously inspired by this weeks topic, once again comes through with strong visuals and opinions on the state of Chinese wines and their design. 中国的酒肯定有历史，可是中国酒的设计现在还在历史中迷失我想：这里面有附庸风雅的成分；有官僚礼品的原因；有不敢离开固有历史的僵化；有市场眼光的低...
October 23rd, 2009 | Alcohol, China Design, Creativity and Design, Design Thinking | Read More

Curiosities of the Chinese Beer Market

Curiosities of the Chinese Beer Market
Both of these tables, from an excellent report on the China beer market by Science Direct, show fascinating statistics of the China beer market. Enjoy.
October 23rd, 2009 | Alcohol | Read More

China’s Oldest Beer Aims for National Dominance

China
When you live in China, you drink a lot of Tsingtao. Many times it’s not on purpose. The beer is just available pretty much everywhere you go. But, yesterday, I stumbled upon this: Ignore for a second the intrinsic aesthetic value of the image, what about that date at the bottom? 1900! 109 Years...
October 22nd, 2009 | Alcohol, China Design, Creativity and Design, Design Thinking, Miscellaneous, Trends and Insights | Read More