All signs are pointing to a quick recovery in China after the country finally scrapped Covid restrictions this month but will wine market bounce back with vengence in 2023? Read More
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China's punitive tariffs on Australian wines could be lifted in an unofficial manner as tensions between the two countries thaw following signs of warming ties. Read More
China’s leading wine and spirits importer and distributor Summergate, which was bought by Australia’s Woolworths Group in 2014 has been sold to Gravity Capital, a private equity firm in Asia, for an undisclosed amount, Woolworths Group has announced. Read More
Fujian, the coastal province that sits across Taiwan, is an important wine consumption market in China that should be on any merchant and winery's radar. Did you know that unlike most Chinese provinces Fujian's wine consumption outweighs Baijiu? Read More
Hong Kong customs have seized 9,000 bottles of smuggled wines inside two ocean-going vessels headed to Shanghai in a massive raid that led to seizure of more than HK$200 million (US$25.6 million) worth of smuggled goods Read More
EMW Fine Wines (Shanghai) Limited and Emiliana, the world's largest organic winery in Chile, has signed an exclusive import and distribution agreement for the winery's Novas, Coyam and Gê wines for mainland China. Read More
Women in Wine & Spirits Awards (WINWSA) has released its “50 List of Influence” for the year of 2022, applauding influential women in the alcoholic … Read More
Bordeaux winemakers staged the biggest protest in nearly two decades to call for government aid for a vine-pulling scheme that is expected to uproot 10% of Bordeaux vineyards following plunging wine demand from its biggest export market, China. Read More
Fujian, the affluent coastal province in southern China, has announced one of the province's biggest fake wine busts in its history: over 40,000 bottles of fake DBR Lafite and Penfolds were uncovered in a police raid. Read More
There will be no ProWine Shanghai this year in face of China's surging Covid cases and lockdowns. Read More