China and South Africa have signed a framework trade agreement that will grant South African exports, including wine, zero tariffs across all product categories once the deal takes effect. Read More
Market analysis
Thailand will abolish a long-standing rule that allowed only one importer to represent each wine brand in the country, a move aimed at increasing competition and lowering prices in the market. Read More
Lunar New Year is still China’s most important wine sales window—but it is no longer driven by banquets alone. Insights from eight leading importers reveal how personal consumption, lighter styles and brand concentration are reshaping festive demand. Read More
Hong Kong’s wine imports showed early signs of stabilisation in 2025, with import value edging higher after three consecutive years of decline, though still well below 2021's peak. Read More
For much of the past two years, commentary on China’s wine market has been dominated by a single, seemingly obvious conclusion: demand has collapsed.
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Over the course of a single year, China’s brandy import value fell by more than US$500 million, while whisky import volume rose by more than 6.65 million litres — equivalent to nearly nine million additional 750-ml bottles. Read More
ALDI’s best-selling wines in China are cheap, unflashy and relentlessly practical. Based on the retailer’s own repurchase data, the ranking reveals how far price—not provenance or prestige—now shapes wine buying, and why bulk imports, sweet styles and under-RMB 100 bottles dominate the list. Read More
What began as a slowdown in drinking is now showing up in hard, physical ways: fewer vines in the ground, fewer tanks in operation, and fewer factories running at capacity. Read More
In 2025, nearly 60% of all imported wine entered China through just Shanghai and Guangdong—revealing a market that is shrinking, concentrating and quietly reorganising.
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2025 data show volumes down nearly 70% from 2019 as the market consolidates around fewer origins and lower expectations. Read More