An upcoming whisky tasting in Sweden featuring a full set of Japanese Hanyu Ichiro card series will set you back for US$21,000 for one single ticket, the organiser said, possibly making it the world's most expensive tasting ever. Read More
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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
Chinese NBA star Yao Ming might start producing wines inside China to buffer the adverse impacts of ongoing China-US trade war, after the tit-for-tat retaliations … 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
David Lucas' departure from Wine Australia is the latest key personnel change in China's volatile wine market. Read More
We talked to Emilien Boutillat, the newly appointed Chef de Cave at Champagne Piper-Heidsieck about his pet peeves about wine, his non-alcohol-soaked passion on improv theatre and the wine he would drink for the rest of his life. Read More
Hong Kong's cheese lovers were bowled over by the outstanding quality of US artisanal cheese at a recent tasting hosted by Cheese & Wine HK, in collaboration with the California Wine Institute. Our cheese specialist Ivy reports on this event featured in California Wine Month. 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
Australian wine exports to its most valuable market China has reached all time high in terms of value in the 12 months ended in June, despite a 16% drop in volume, according to the latest figures released by Wine Australia. Read More
Treasury Wine Estates, the parent company of Penfolds, has successfully opposed the registration of two trademarks ‘Barry Ford’ and ‘Ben Ford’ in China that were intended to mimic Penfolds' trademarked name in China. Read More