Bordeaux first growth Château Mouton Rothschild has unveiled the 2020 label created by the British painter of Scottish origin Peter Doig, joining an illustrious lineup of artists including Picaso and Dalí who have illustrated original artworks for its label. Read More
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Chateau Lafite Rothschild, the Bordeaux first growth, has launched a more affordable new wine targeting on-trade sector. Read More
Treasury Wine Estates has announced that it has completed its majority acquisition of Château Lanessan in Haut Medoc, which would allow Penfolds to double its existing production capacity in France. Read More
Pierre Castel, one of the richest billionaires in the wine industry and founder of world’s third largest wine producer Castel, is being hit with US$416 million tax bill ordered by a Swiss court, according to a Bloomberg report. Read More
The Universal Wine Museum, a mammoth project between Cité du Vin de Bordeaux and China, is expected to open its doors in Beijing in 2024. Read More
La Place de Bordeaux, the historic distribution network that was first established to distribute Bordeaux fine wines, has found a new lease of life outside the French wine region with the autumn release of non-Bordeaux fine wines steadily gaining traction. Read More
More than 1,000 firefighters are battling a "monster" wildfire in southwestern France near Bordeaux that has already destroyed about 7,400 hectares of forest, threatening the country's famous wine growing region. Read More
Bernard Magrez, the savvy wine entrepreneur who already has four classified Bordeaux estates under his name, has launched an ultra-premium Chinese wine range that is bent on “changing overseas wine consumers’ perception of Chinese wine”. Read More
ASC Fine Wines has become the exclusive importer and distributor of L'Âme de Pape Clément, the latest addition to the famed Graves estate Château Pape Clément for the country’s premium wine market including Hong Kong and Macau. Read More
Over 30 magnums of top Bordeaux wines including all first growths are among wines that are rejected from entering into mainland China market for what Chinese authorities determined as “labelling issue”. Read More