Jamie Ritchie, Worldwide Chairman of Sotheby’s Wine & Spirits, is leaving his longtime employer of over 30 years to join BlockBar. Read More
Wine and spirits
Sotheby's has launched its first ever online auction of China's most famous spirit Moutai specially tailored for collectors in mainland China, leveraging the country's most popular social media platform - WeChat - to allow its 1.24 billion users to bid online. Read More
China’s wine and spirits imports in the first half of the year continued to drop due to sporadic lockdowns, while whisky surprisingly beat market gloom and signs of recovery in wine started to emerge after May. Read More
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) welcomed the highest number of diploma graduates in this year's Graduation & Awards Ceremony at the Guildhall in the City of London, as the outgoing CEO Ian Harris passes the baton to Michelle Brampton. Read More
Douyin, the popular Chinese video streaming app boasting 600 million daily active users, is reportedly developing its own wine and spirits e-commerce platform, throwing its hat in the ring to capture the country’s lucrative drinks market by leveraging its live-streaming strength. Read More
China’s leading online wine and drinks retailer 1919 gets a fresh round of cash injection of RMB 200 million (US$31 million) from a Chinese property developing company. Read More
China's biggest duty-free island province, Hainan, has reported RMB 46.8 billion in sales from last July to June this year, aided by increased spending limit and global travel restrictions. Read More
Auction house Sotheby's will present a one-of-a-kind bottle of D’USSÉ® Cognac on March 13, which was created to celebrate American rapper Jay-Z's 50th birthday. Read More