Olivier Halley, the scion of the illustrious Halley family and owner of two Burgundy estates, reveals the wine that he most longs for, drinking which, as he describes would be like "seeing dinosaurs alive again". Read More
Europe
A Chinese wine importing company has bought shares in an historic winery in southwestern France in Plaimont owned by local co-operative Plaimont Producteurs.
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Chinese billionaire actress Zhao Wei or Vicki Zhao has purchased another château in Bordeaux for an undisclosed amount, expanding her vineyard holdings in the famed French wine region. Read More
Avignonesi, the leading Italian Nobile producer in Montepulciano in Tuscany, has unveiled a new wine aged in terracotta container or amphora called 'Da-Di', the Chinese name for earth. Read More
Hong Kong has returned to rank as the most valuable market for wines from Bordeaux, France's biggest wine region, while exports to mainland China suffered a double-digit drop. Read More
After 10 years of waiting, DBR Lafite has finally unveiled its first Chinese wine. How has it been received so far among China's leading winemakers? Read More
Mirco Tarducci of the Galaxy Macau’s 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA has been crowned the winner of the 2019 Ruinart Sommelier Challenge, after competing with over 30 sommeliers in Hong Kong and Macau in champagne blind-tasting challenges. Read More
DBR Lafite has unveiled its first ever Chinese wine Long Dai (瓏岱), a premium wine produced from its Chinese winery in Penglai with limited production of 2500 cases. Read More
Chinese wine consumers were drinking more expensive Bourgogne wines last year despite an overall fall in volume, as figures released by The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) have shown. Read More
Vino Nobile, the noble wine that was once lauded as “king of all wines” by poet Francesco Redi in 17th century, is making a sure return to its old glory, as a recent blind tasting in New York with 11 key sommeliers, wine buyers and writers has affirmed. Read More