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D-bulk-wine Dictionary

Bulk wine

Wine sold in large containers rather than bottles

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Plain meaning
Wine sold in large containers rather than bottles
How to use it
Bulk wine earns less per litre; bottling and branding capture more.
South African benchmark
A large share of South African wine exports leaves in bulk rather than bottle (Article 108).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
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M20
Calculate it
T-M20-04 Processing Margin
Library sources
LIB-A107, LIB-A108, LIB-P-Wine
See also
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Wine: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedWine: how the business runsSold bytonnes of grapes, litres of wine1Plant vines2Grow 3 years3Harvest4Cellar5Bottle or bulk wineZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Wine Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M20 Wine.