Chinese billionaire actress Zhao Wei appears to have been cancelled in China, prompting wine merchants to remove her Bordeaux wines and her association. Read More
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In China’s wine market, the niche natural wine category is beckoning to a growing group of millennials and Gen-Z, and has defied what critics once dismissed as a “fad”. Read More
After twice being delayed due to resurgences of Covid-19 cases, the much-anticipated Wine to Asia show has pinned down new dates this December in Shenzhen. Read More
In an exclusive interview with Vino Joy News, Makoto Nagae, the newly appointed CEO of ASC Fine Wines, shares his growth plan for the company, the invaluable lessons he has learned from the pandemic, and his outlook for Chinese wine market. Read More
China’s leading online wine and drinks retailer 1919 gets a fresh round of cash injection of RMB 200 million (US$31 million) from a Chinese property developing company. Read More
A sharp-tongued criticism of boozy business drinking from China's anti-graft watchdog takes direct aim at Alibaba scandal and has sent major Chinese drinks producers' stocks spiraling on Wednesday. Read More
China’s technology giant Alibaba has been embroiled in a fresh scandal where a female employee alleged that she was molested by Alibaba’s client and then raped by her direct supervisor last month after a booze-filled business dinner. Read More
The economic pains of the China-Australia conflict are also being felt in China, as the Chinese wine market struggles to absorb the aftershock of the boozy breakup. Read More
China's biggest duty-free island province, Hainan, has reported RMB 46.8 billion in sales from last July to June this year, aided by increased spending limit and global travel restrictions. Read More
The much-anticipated Wine to Asia has been postponed again due to recent flare ups of the more infectious Delta variant that has spread from eastern Nanjing to 27 different cities across China. Read More