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
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Six bottles of Domaine Comte du Liger-Belair La Romanée 2002 in original wooden case will lead Bonhams Fine and Rare Wine and Whisky Sale in Hong Kong on 19 August 2022. Read More
Cult Wines, the UK-based fine wine company, is partnering with legendary Burgundy fine wine producer, Olivier Bernstein to release a one-of-a-kind jeroboam of Romanée-St-Vivant 2017 that has never been released to the public before. Read More
Castel, France’s biggest wine producer, is accused of “falsifying balance sheet” and “tax fraud” related to its operations in China in two separate investigations in France, after the key person who’s credited for setting up its China operations turned against the French wine giant. Read More
Allan Sichel has returned as president for Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB), the Bordeaux wine trade body, after first serving his term from 2016-2019, CIVB has announced. Read More
Singapore’s French wine specialist The Vintage Club has added the Nuits-Saint-Georges-based Maison Edouard Delaunay to its portfolio, riding on a 10-year Bourgogne wine boom in the Lion City. Read More
France's biggest wine group, Castel, has unveiled what its winemaker hails as "haute couture" wine range, Séries Limitées. We talked to the winemaker and pulled back the curtains on these limited creations. Read More
Seven scholars from different regions have been picked to join the first Bordeaux Mentor Week, launched by wine writer Jane Anson to promote inclusion and equity, as well as empowering the industry new-starters with valuable connections and first-hand experience on the Bordeaux wine market. Read More
Would a Petit Chablis taste better with French singer Carla Bruni's song? Hong Kong wine writer Ronny Lau has curated a spotify playlist with Bourgogne Wine Board for your favorite Chablis. Read More
German-Ghanaian photographer, Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah, was announced as the winner of the inaugural Louis Roederer Photography Prize for Sustainability for her photo series called 'Behind the Ocean' focusing on climate research. Read More