Global alcohol consumption drops by 1.6% in 2018
Global alcohol consumption declined by 1.6% to 27.6 billion nine-litre cases of alcohol in 2018, according to IWSR, but itContinue Reading
Category: Wine
IWSR: Premium wine sales in Hong Kong exceed 50%
Premium wine sales in Hong Kong account for more than 50% of total wine sales, making it a global powerhouse for premium wine market, according to IWSR.
China is bulking up
Bulk wine, the two words that can send shudders down a wine connoisseur’s spine and spoil a Burgundian Vigneron’s appetite, is finding a new life in China, and growing at a speed that can marvel Bordelais even in a challenging climate like last year.
Bellavista to sponsor 2019 World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards
This year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants is going to get a bit more bubbly as Italy’s famed sparkling wine brand Bellavista is appointed as a main sparkling wine sponsor for the award ceremony, which is dubbed as the “Oscars of the culinary world”.
Dinner raises R50,000 for children welfare foundation in South Africa
A South African wine dinner in Hong Kong raised R50,000 during a silent auction for a children welfare charity group, Anna Foundation.
Anthony Collet: ‘Beaujolais is surging in China’
Beaujolais, the French appellation standing in the shadow of Burgundy, is racking up interest in China, as younger generation ofContinue Reading
Exclusive: Chile’s Don Melchor breaks away from Concha y Toro
Don Melchor, the premium wine brand from Chile’s biggest winery Concha y Toro, will break away from its parent groupContinue Reading
Trade war may wipe out US market share in China
It’s the worst nightmare that most producers in the US fear – and now increasingly seems like a reality thatContinue Reading
China threatens to raise additional 25% tariff on American goods including wine
If the threatened increase comes into effect on June 1, taxes on American wine exports to China would be pushed to close to 100% compared with the regular 48%.
Cambodia recognizes Champagne as a protected GI
Champagne has broken ground in Cambodia, becoming the first-ever foreign product to be awarded Geographical Indication (GI) status in the southeast Asian country.