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Market notes, trade craft and dispatches from the desk — on bulk wine, must, vinegar and spirits.

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A late, cooler season has trimmed yields across key Greek regions — and quietly firmed the market for quality bulk wine.

Beyond the bottle, neutral grape alcohol is finding steady new demand in flavours, cosmetics and clean-label food.

Documentation, customs and cold-chain — how a single container moves from a Greek cellar to the dock in two weeks.

Cleaner labels are reshaping the vinegar trade, and steady demand is quietly supporting wine- and spirit-vinegar volumes.

A short primer on where concentrated and rectified grape must diverge — and how to brief a supplier so you get the right one.

Agricultural origin, grade and documentation are the questions that decide a neutral-alcohol deal. Here is what to settle early.

The container you ship in shapes cost, quality and lead time. A practical look at when each format makes sense.

The per-litre quote is rarely the real number. We break down the line items that decide what a shipment actually costs.

Before a single litre moves, we walk the line. A look at the checks that stand between a sample and a signed contract.