Can you identify fine wine through closure types? The Portuguese Cork Association believes so and is working with China's Vivino to add closure information for the app's 8.3 million users. Read More
Companies
ProWine Shanghai, which for the longest time looks like the only large-scale international wine fair that is set to open its doors as scheduled this month, has just announced its forced postponement due to recent flareups of Covid cases across China. Read More
Pierre Castel, one of the richest billionaires in the wine industry and founder of world’s third largest wine producer Castel, is being hit with US$416 million tax bill ordered by a Swiss court, according to a Bloomberg report. Read More
Walmart, the supermarket chain operator, has taken up two boutique Bourgogne estates from lesser-known Bourgogne appellations, for its membership store Sam’s Club across China, as it beefs up its Bourgogne portfolio to attract the country’s expanding urbanites. Read More
Despite late resumption of business in mainland China, WSET has reported that in the last academic year (2021-2022) students from a record 75 countries enrolled for a WSET qualification, taking their exams in 15 different languages. Read More
Alberto Fernández, the much respected wine merchant who had built Torres China founded by Spanish wine giant Familia Torres as one of the most influential wine importers in China, has announced his departure from the company after serving 23 in his role. Read More
Drinks giant Pernod Ricard reported record year of sales and profits in 2022, driven by strong, balanced and diversified growth but its wine category is lagging behind. Read More
Shinji Hori, President of Asia’s leading fine wine merchant Enoteca, reveals the growth drivers behind the Japanese wine company’s expansion in the past two years and how the wine conglomerate is tackling the ever-tightening squeeze on wine prices. Read More
ASC Fine Wines has become the exclusive importer and distributor of L'Âme de Pape Clément, the latest addition to the famed Graves estate Château Pape Clément for the country’s premium wine market including Hong Kong and Macau. Read More
Tokyo-headquartered Enoteca has reopened its 75 m² wine store in China's eastern Suzhou after months of renovation, as it plans expansion to tap into wine consumption power of the affluent city of 13 million people. Read More