Bordeaux Wine Council is launching “Next Generation! Bordeaux 2.0” campaign in Hong Kong this November, featuring over 60 restaurant promotions and a pop-up retail store, as Bordeaux reinvents itself as a modern and contemporary drink for younger consumers. Read More
France
Champagne house Louis Roederer has launched the 2000 Vinothèque, only the fourth vintage release of the extremely rare and extra-aged Cristal. Read More
Hubert de Boüard de Laforest, owner of Saint-Emilion’s prestigious Château Angélus, has been found guilty of manipulating the 2012 Saint Emilion classification to favour wineries he had financial interest or acted as an advisor, a Bordeaux court has ruled on Monday. Read More
Vino Joy News talked to Frédéric Pacaut, Managing Director of French wine group Badet Clement, which owns wineries in Burgundy, Languedoc, Provence and Rhone Valley, to unfold the challenges faced by French winemakers and their prediction on the possible price hikes on the 2021 vintage. Read More
ASC Fine Wines, China’s leading fine wine importer and distributor, has inked an exclusive strategic partnership with Chêne Bleu, a critically-acclaimed, super-premium wine producer from southern Rhône, France for the Chinese market. Read More
Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB) has opened a representative office in Shanghai, as it ramps up efforts to drive Bordeaux exports in mainland China in absence of competitors from Australia. Read More
Champagne house Louis Roederer is retiring its long running Brut Premier and debuted a new creation of Collection, a multi-vintage blend Champagne, that will open a new chapter for the house. Read More
A wedding banquet in China’s eastern Shandong province has led police to uncover the biggest fake Bordeaux wine case in China and an elaborate web of deception that fabricated a fictional Baron and a fictitious war with Chateau Lafite Rothschild Read More
Rare vintages from CHANEL's Chateau Rauzan-Ségla and Chateau Canon will go under hammer next month at Sotheby's to celerbrate the fashion house's 25 years of ownership. Read More
French wine giant Castel Frères, the third largest wine group in the world, has been handed a fine in mainland China for violating advertising law, sounding an alarm for wineries that are using superlative languages in promotions. Read More