In a significant escalation of tensions, China has ordered merchants to stop purchasing at least seven categories of Australian commodities including wine starting from this Friday, according to a leaked memo. Read More
Natalie Wang
The sexual harassment allegations made by 21 women in the US against leading Master Sommeliers are a larger scandal far beyond the Court of Master Sommeliers, but the whole wine industry. Read More
Has China's wine appetite returned? Where is the country heading in the post-pandemic market? Much of it will perhaps be answered at the upcoming Wine to Asia wine fair in Shenzhen. Read More
Li Hua, known as China's "father of modern Chinese wine" has endorsed natural wine and said it is the future of wine. Read More
Australian wine exports surged 4% on steady global demand in the 12 months ended in September amid a pandemic and tariff threats from its most profitable market - China. Read More
China's wine imports in the first nine months of the year continued a worrying double-digit slide, but rush for importers to stockpile Australian wine before punitive tariffs hit resuscitated imports in September. Read More
A Chinese logistics company made a costly mistake by freezing 2,000 cases of wine destined to Japan after misreading the dash sign in temperature instruction as a minus sign. Read More
Australia's mining magnate, Andrew Forrest, is eyeing to buy the iconic Australian wine brand Penfolds, after its parent company Treasury Wine Estates floated the idea of demerging the brand earlier this year. Read More
Hong Kong’s unemployment rate has risen to the highest level in 16 years, with the city’s tourist dependent food and beverage industry bearing the brunt of the economic pains from the pandemic. Read More
Star Wine List has launched a wine competition to discover the best wine lists from some of the top restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau. Read More