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Coldiretti estimate that "By the year end national food and wine exports to China could reach 50 million euro going by ISTAT figures for the first seven months of this year".
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It has been a little over 10 years since the first convenience store opened in Shanghai. Now, the number has grown to more than 5,000.
In some neighbourhoods, you can find one on every street corner. They are everywhere in the business districts, shopping strips, inner-city slums and the newly developed suburbs.
These new additions to the urban landscape are also densely packed together. Just outside the gates of middle-class housing estate Century Garden, in the southern outskirts of Shanghai, there are four convenience stores - two on each side of the street.
Convenience stores have indeed become a part of everyday life in Shanghai, says Gu Guojian, a senior expert at the China Chain Store and Franchise Association.
"The expansion of convenience stores in Shanghai is really amazing," Gu says.
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LA GRANDE DISTRIBUZIONE IN CINA.
Il settore della distribuzione rappresenta uno degli aspetti più problematici e al contempo più importanti del mercato cinese: l’ambiguità normativa, la rete dei trasporti inadeguata, la vasta dispersione dei mercati e l’eccessiva localizzazione della rete distributiva pongono spesso forti ostacoli alla penetrazione delle imprese straniere. Prima della riforma del 1986 tutti i prodotti che entravano in Cina passavano attraverso l’ unico canale di distribuzione esistente, quello statale.
Questa debolezza della fase distributiva, soprattutto per i prodotti di importazione, riflette la realtà di un mercato ancora giovane, in fase di evoluzione, ed un atteggiamento degli operatori che tendono ancora a subire il mercato piuttosto che guidarlo. Per i beni strumentali, sta diventando sempre più evidente che è necessario utilizzare soprattutto i distributori cinesi.
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by ICE Sistema Informativo Nazionale per il Commercio Estero
Italy to China
(values in thousands of euro)
Export
Product: 03 - Food industry products and beverages
Jan-Oct 2005: 19.019
Jan-Oct 2006: 43.893
%: +130,78
Product: 159 - Beverages
Japan
Jan-Dec 2005: 111.927
Jan-Oct 2006: 99.565
China
Jan-Dec 2005: 5.145
Jan-Oct 2006: 10.399
Product: 15931 - Table Wine and v.q.p.r.d.
Japan
Jan-Dec 2005: 79.446
Jan-Oct 2006: 71.051
China
Jan-Dec 2005: 4.580
Jan-Oct 2006: 5.551
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Italiani sul mercato globale
I vini italiani stanno lasciando il segno a livello mondiale. Le vendite all’estero sono influenzate da vari fattori connessi tra loro, tra cui i numerosi canali attraverso cui il vino è commercializzato e venduto; una rete globale di distribuzione che comprende importatori grossisti, siti web, aste, enoteche, wine bar, ristoranti e, ultima ma non da meno, la stampa. La distribuzione del vino italiano attraverso questa rete ha contribuito a promuovere la diversificazione crescente e il netto progresso qualitativo che i vini italiani hanno conosciuto nell’ultimo decennio. La stampa specializzata, riviste e guru del settore hanno influenzato le vendite parlando dei vini, valutandoli e spesso creando tendenze che possono perfino influenzare lo stile della vinificazione. Questi articoli, accanto a quelli sulle regioni vitivinicole e sui produttori, sono destinati a un vasto pubblico che comprende tutti i settori del comparto, esperti, appassionati e mercato di massa.
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90 points
2000 Caccia Al Piano Levia Gravia IGT
Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy
Proprietary Blend (a dry red table wine)
$80
Wine Advocate #144 (Dec 2002)
The outstanding 2000 Levia Gravia is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Its dense saturated ruby/purple color is followed by ripe aromas of chocolate, espresso, blackberries, and cassis. Stylish, medium to full-bodied, and gorgeously concentrated, with sweet tannin, low acidity, and opulent fruit, it should be consumed over the next 10-12 years. - Robert Parker
85 points
2001 Caccia Al Piano Ruit Hora Rosso IGT
Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy
Proprietary Blend (a dry red table wine)
$40
Wine Advocate #144 (Dec 2002)
Less impressive than the Levia Gravia, as well as overpriced, the 2001 Ruit Hora Rosso is composed of equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Possessing medium body, pleasant plum and tobacco-like characteristics, and a short finish, it can be drunk over the next 5-6 years. - Robert Parker
92 points
2001 Tenimenti Angelini Tre Rose Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Simposio
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy
Sangiovese (a dry red table wine)
$45
Wine Advocate #158 (Apr 2005)
The 2001 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Simposio is only slightly better than the regular bottling, for me a positive sign as the regular bottling has a much larger availability. Darker and more ruby in color with more complex aromas of truffles, vanilla, and cloves, its power and shape, elegance and sweetness are those of a wine of class and breed. Drink: 2005-2016.
The Angelini family owns substantial properties in various parts of Tuscany, including Montalcino and Chianti Classico, but I have regularly found the Montepulciano wines to be their best, particularly in their more adroit use of oak. It’s the same story this year, and I was impressed by the level of both of the wines presented (a third Vino Nobile selection called La Villa seems to have fallen by the wayside). - Daniel Thomases
91 points
2001 Tenimenti Angelini Tre Rose Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy
Proprietary Blend (a dry red table wine)
$26
Wine Advocate #158 (Apr 2005)
The 2001 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is one of the best regular bottlings of the appellation, dark garnet with a plummy, spicy nose, supplementary notes of tar and caramel, and long and balanced flavors with plenty of focus and grip on the finish. Drink: 2005-2014.
The Angelini family owns substantial properties in various parts of Tuscany, including Montalcino and Chianti Classico, but I have regularly found the Montepulciano wines to be their best, particularly in their more adroit use of oak. It’s the same story this year, and I was impressed by the level of both of the wines presented (a third Vino Nobile selection called La Villa seems to have fallen by the wayside). - Daniel Thomases
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RATING 93
1997 Giacosa Fratelli Vigna Mandorlo Borolo
Nebbiolo, Barolo
This is a dense, dark tannic wine with firm, huge tannins and wood flavors. Big, solid and chunky, full of powerful, ripe, dark fruits and flavors of cocoa and liquorice. It should develop well over the next 10 years, and then mature for another 10 at least. — R.V. (11/15/2002)
RATING 93
2000 Tenimenti Angelini Vigna Spuntali
Brunello, Brunello di Montalcino, $86
More ethereal than brawny, licorice, balsam notes, forest berry, smoked cedar wood, anise seed and menthol notes are woven carefully together. Plum and cinnamon spice come though in the mouth followed by bitter coffee and firms tannins. Imported by Wilson Daniels Ltd. — W.E. (4/1/2006)
RATING 92
2001 Tenimenti Angelini Val di Suga Brunello, Brunello di Montalcino, $53
A spice-driven wine that makes ample room for leather, cola, smoked ham, cedar, pipe tobacco, licorice, dark plum and barnyard notes. There’s an earthy, dusty quality to the mouth that amplifies the wine’s smoothness. Imported by Wilson Daniels Ltd. — W.E. (4/1/2006)
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