Xige Estate's strong-worded denial of a Meininger report and a multi-million smuggled drinks bust are making headlines inside China. Read More
Market analysis
Italy has grown to be Watson's Wine's most important wine country after France and Australia. Here's how the city's biggest wine retailer managed to achieve it. Read More
Supply chain jam and rising production costs triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and Ukraine War are crippling dry goods supplies and adding pressure to the wine industry and end consumers.
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Australian wine exports saw moderate growth from market diversification outside of mainland China, but the progress was no match to offset the loss from its former largest export destination. Read More
Global wine consumption recovered in 2021 in both volume and value but challenges loom big including global supply chain bottleneck and energy crisis caused by Ukraine war, and China’s persistent market downturn. Read More
When China's wine market was hit by low consumption and imports during the pandemic in 2021, the country's biggest winery Changyu had its best year yet by revising its sales strategy and promoting its domestic premium brands. Read More
Speculations are running high inside China that Australia’s most known wine brand Penfolds is a step closer in launching its Chinese Penfolds, reportedly made by blending wines from the country's premier wine region Ningxia and South Australia. Read More
From hoarding luxury handbags and watches to receiving a bizarre gift of 5kg pure gold drinking vessel, China’s anti-graft watchdog has revealed details of shocking corruption committed by the former head of the world’s most valuable liquor brand. Read More
China's intense lockdown and curbs have shown immediate effects on the country's lucrative wine market, especially in three of the affluent cities in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Dongguan that are engines for the country’s wine consumption, as the country holds on tight to its ‘zero-Covid policy’. Read More
The onslaught of Hong Kong’s worst outbreak has soured Hong Kong’s once buoyant wine market, leaving merchants in limbo without detailed government timeline amid rising restaurant closures and retail slump. Read More