The IWSR (International Wine & Spirit Research) quantifies the global market for alcohol by volume and value, and provides insight into short-term and long-term trends.

The IWSR covers 125 countries in detail, with a further 9 in summary. Globally, The IWSR database holds volume records on almost 16,000 brand lines. These volumes are grouped by seven price qualities by category and stretch back to 1985 in some cases or to when countries opened up to alcoholic drinks in others. Each year The IWSR updates over 65,000 brand volumes. In all, The IWSR’s database consists of over 1,000,000 records (2011 IWSR Database).

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The IWSR Forecast Report 2012-2017

The IWSR has forecasted the global alcohol market over the next five years, covering the most recent and future trends for all wine and spirits categories in the key 60 countries.

The IWSR Global Premium Report 2012

The IWSR’s first analysis of the global market of Champagne and spirits retailing at over $US20 broken down by region, premium price qualities, category, major international company and brand.

The IWSR Wine Market Report Specials: BRIC

The IWSR has compiled four reports on the still light wine markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China detailing the nature of the markets, the industry structure and growth trends.

The IWSR Duty Free/Travel Retail Summary Report.

Our global overview of duty free trends from 2006 to 2011 is available now.

The IWSR Insight Report 2012.

The IWSR Insight Report sheds the light on the trends behind the numbers. It is deliberately light on volume data, and instead focuses on written insights and gives concrete examples and explanations behind the latest trends. The IWSR Insight Report offers unique observations about every important alcoholic drinks category in all corners of the world.

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