In 2025, nearly 60% of all imported wine entered China through just Shanghai and Guangdong—revealing a market that is shrinking, concentrating and quietly reorganising.
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2025 data show volumes down nearly 70% from 2019 as the market consolidates around fewer origins and lower expectations. Read More
EMW Fine Wines has struck an exclusive distribution deal with a boutique winery from Yunnan’s Shangri-La region, marking a fresh push to bring one of China’s most distinctive high-altitude wine areas into the country’s mainstream hospitality channels. Read More
South Korea imported more wine but at lower prices in 2025 — a shift that speaks less to recovery than to a market being quietly restructured around value. Read More
A 200% tariff threat on French wine and Champagne has put the industry back in Trump’s crosshairs, unsettling exporters and reopening old trade wounds.
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53.3 million hectolitres — that was the volume of unsold wine sitting in Italian cellars at the end of November 2025, the highest level on record. Read More
China’s largest all-day restaurant bar chain, COMMUNE, has filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, betting that a hybrid model can continue to deliver growth even as the country’s bar industry struggles with weakening demand and rising costs. Read More
Sam’s Club’s bestsellers reveal how price pressure, flavour preferences and a shrinking market are rewriting China’s wine playbook. Read More
After rumors of layoffs and possible sale to a Chinese baijiu distiller, global spirits giant is reviewing a sale of Shui Jing Fang amid a global slowdown. Read More
EU outlook shows consumption and production sliding through 2035 as younger drinkers turn away and vineyards are pulled out. Read More