Few had survived China's fast-changing and precarious wine market. Navigating government regulations and the country's notorious 'Ganbei' or 'bottoms up' culture at business dinners is not for the faint of heart or liver. Alberto Fernandez, managing partner of one of China's biggest wine importers, Torres China, is an exception. Read More
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China's biggest and oldest winery, Changyu Pioneer Wine Company, is calling for the removal of consumer tax on wines to boost the country's domestic wine consumption. Read More
Here are your essential readings on China's wine market this week: China extended international travel ban; wine merchants in Wuhan complained sales so far only recovered about 10-20%, and OurHours, a convenience store set up to sell wine and grocery, went bust. Read More
What Australian wineries and wine merchants in China are fearing the most is about to happen, as sources told Bloomberg that wine is among a list of potential agricultural products drawn up by Chinese officials to retaliate Australia over its push for coronavirus inquiry. Read More
Australian wine exports in the first four months of the year have been dented by the coronavirus pandemic, with China seeing the sharpest decline, and the future of wine trading between the two countries dogged by fears of escalating political tensions. Read More
Here are the three influencers in China who are outselling wine merchants. Read More
In an interview the ABC, Chief of Australian Grape and Wine Tony Battaglene says the 2020 Australian wine grape crush has dropped by one fifth because of … Read More
All gloves are off now. Just two weeks after the Chinese ambassador to Australia threatened boycott of Australian beef and wine, China has suspended importation … Read More
Rob Geddes MW, one of the few people who obtained the highly coveted Master of Wine title in Australia, is joining Vino Joy News, expanding … Read More
A German professor from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz said the earliest winemaking traces dating back to 9,000 years ago are found in central China.
This … Read More