Chinese visitors delivered the highest per-capita spending in Australia’s wine tourism sector in 2024, averaging A$12,568 each—well above other markets. Read More
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Hundreds of freight trains were held up at the Brest crossing, including containers of European wine destined for China, with backlogs expected to take at least a week to clear even after traffic resumes. We talked to Hillebrand Gori and wine merchants to unpack the impacts. Read More
China National Association for Liquor and Spirits Circulation has released its first gauge on market confidence, while traditional brick and motar stores suffer, online and instant retail are booming. Read More
Hong Kong sommelier Reeze Choi has been named the winner of the ASI Asia-Pacific Best Sommelier 2025 competition, triumphing after four days of rigorous contests in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Read More
Guangzhou Bacchus Fazhuang, founded in 2016, has become mainland China’s largest importer of wines from the Hospices de Beaune. Its unlikely engine of growth: livestreaming on Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and WeChat video. Read More
From baijiu to imported wine, once bulletproof brands are losing their shine. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics show alcohol prices have been falling for months, weighed down by weak consumer demand and distress sales. Read More
ASC Fine Wine is doubling down on people with new hires, as part of its NextGen strategy to offer more effective and timely services to clients and partners. Read More
When Australia’s most famous wine label meets one of China’s biggest baijiu distillers, the result is not just a limited-edition bottle but a glimpse into the uneasy realities of doing business amid declining sales. Read More
David He, founder of Wine App - often dubbed “China’s Vivino”- believes the growth of domestically produced wine is the best thing that could happen to imported wines. Here's why. Read More
Despite the downturn and decline of business banquets, wine is finding new ways to stay relevant on the Chinese table. Here are the key trends happening now, according to a few of the country's leading wine importers. Read More