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
Europe
Supply chain jam and rising production costs triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and Ukraine War are crippling dry goods supplies and adding pressure to the wine industry and end consumers.
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Greater China's leading wine importer, Links Concept, has been appointed as the official distributor and exclusive on-trade distributor of Italy's pioneering winery in Fiuli, Jermann, in Hong Kong starting from May 2022. Read More
Bordeaux experienced a challenging year in 2021 as the region faced consecutively low crop yields, declining interest towards its En Primeur and fierce competitions from other regions. Read More
Italy's historic Amarone producer Tommasi has just announced the purchase of 15-ha vineyards in Mt Etna, the latest entrant following investments from Piedmont's Gaja. Read More
To support the restoration of Cîteaux Abbey - the birthplace of the Cistercian Catholic order - in Burgundy, Sotheby's is holding a charity wine auction in April. Read More
Château Loudenne, the Cru Bourgeois estate in Haut Médoc owned by China’s liquor giant Kweichow Moutai, has now been sold to a French wine group after it was dogged by lawsuits and bankruptcy. Read More
China’s thirst for Bordeaux is back, and the country gulped at least one in every five exported Bordeaux wines last year. Read More
In 2021, French wine and spirits export to mainland China surged 57% by value from 2020. Read More
A court in Shanghai has recently prosecuted three fraudsters who churned out and sold counterfeit Bordeaux wines worth RMB 1.4 million (US$220,174). Read More