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
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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
China’s thirst for Bordeaux is back, and the country gulped at least one in every five exported Bordeaux wines last year. Read More
Mercian Corporation (“Mercian”), a leading wine importer and producer in Japan owned by Kirin, has announced the launch of a new wine brand called “Mercian Wines”, as it tries to energize local wine market after slumping wine sales in 2021. Read More
Hong Kong's wine market rebounded with vengeance in 2021 but with the city imposing the toughest Covid curbs yet, will 2022 reverse all gains? Read More
Asia's wine market remains resilient last year, but which market is driving its growth? We profiled and compared four key markets to find out. Read More
Wineries selling wines to China might have a problem: Chinese consumers are not drinking enough imported wines, and more often than not, they are reaching for a bottle of domestically produced Chinese wine. Read More
Hong Kong’s wine market made a triumphant rebound last year, signalling the market has returned to pre-Covid level in 2019 but uncertainties hang as the city imposes toughest Covid curbs yet. Read More