Japan’s wine imports from Europe surged after the free trade agreement with the European bloc came into effect, according to figures released by the country’s … Read More
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South Korea will introduce a new liquor tax regime next year, the first change after 50 years, which will tax alcoholic beverages based on volume instead of price, starting with beer and domestic rice wine. Read More
Global alcohol consumption declined by 1.6% to 27.6 billion nine-litre cases of alcohol in 2018, according to IWSR, but it is expected to steadily rebound … Read More
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". Read More
A South African wine dinner in Hong Kong raised R50,000 during a silent auction for a children welfare charity group, Anna Foundation. Read More
Champagne has broken ground in Cambodia, becoming the first-ever foreign product to be awarded Geographical Indication (GI) status in the southeast Asian country. Read More
Hong Kong's youngest Master of Wine, Sarah Heller, has been appointed as wine editor for Asia Tatler, taking over from American wine critic James Suckling. Read More
Following a successful debut in 2018, the second edition of Shaw + Smith Scholarship program scheduled for 2020 is now open for entries for wine professional. Read More
Grand Tokaj, the renowned Hungarian sweet wine brand, became an instant hit on China’s e-commerce giant JD.com after its debut onto Chinese market, indicating a … Read More
China’s bottled wine imports in the first three months of the year failed to show any signs of uptick, and continued with the downward trend … Read More