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Shenzhen issues US$7 million drinks voucher to boost alcohol sales
Residents in China’s southern metropolis Shenzhen certainly had a boozy month of May. The city has given out RMB 50 million (US$7 million) worth of drinks voucher to local residents in an effort to boost alcohol sales amid pandemic.
James Halliday puts 250 bottles of DRC up for sale
Acclaimed Australian wine critic, James Halliday, is putting his personal collection of 250 bottles of the rarefied Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) up for sale, which will make the online auction “the biggest of its kind in Australian history”, according to auction house Langton’s.
Familia Torres reaches its 30% carbon emissions reduction target a year ahead of schedule
Spain’s leading family winery, Familia Torres, has reduced its carbon emissions per bottle by 30% across the entire emissions scope – from vineyard to consumer – compared to 2008 levels, according to the company’s 2019 carbon footprint inventory.
Restaurants may reopen in Singapore this month
Singapore is relaxing its lockdown starting from this Monday, writes Ch’ng Poh Tiong.
Weekly digest: ‘toughest year’ for China’s wine trade, April wine imports plummet and more
Here are the essential readings on China’s wine industry this week: a Chinese official from the country’s drinks association warned 2020 will the toughest year; April wine imports plummeted; and China’s own wine rating system is starting to take shape.
Nielsen: frequent drinkers in China fuel consumption during lockdown
Frequent drinkers in China increased spending during the lockdown months in China, while occasional drinkers dialed back on alcohol consumption, a new report by consumer data giant Nielsen has found.
Chinese artist who designed Mouton 1996 label passed away
Gu Gan, the Chinese painter and calligrapher, who became the first Chinese artist to have his painting printed on Bordeaux first growth Chateau Mouton Rothschild’s 1996 vintage has passed away on May 30.
By the glass: Ales Kristančič of Movia
Ales Kristančič is the magician behind Slovenia’s iconic winery Movia in Brda. An enigmatic and energetic scion of the family estate bordering Italy’s Collio, Kristančič, is among the few who modernized and catapulted Slovenia’s winemaking to international renown.
IWSR: global drinks industry not expected to rebound until 2024
A new IWSR report predicts that it will take five years for the global drinks industry to rebound to pre-crisis level because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Alberto Fernandez of Torres China on 20 years in China
Few had survived China’s fast-changing and precarious wine market. Navigating government regulations and the country’s notorious ‘Ganbei’ or ‘bottoms up’ culture at business dinners is not for the faint of heart or liver. Alberto Fernandez, managing partner of one of China’s biggest wine importers, Torres China, is an exception.
