Two of Korea’s conglomerates have officially launched their retail wine business in the country following their high-profile purchases of Napa vineyards to sate South Koreans' growing thirst for wine. Read More
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China’s leading wine and spirits importer and distributor Summergate, which was bought by Australia’s Woolworths Group in 2014 has been sold to Gravity Capital, a private equity firm in Asia, for an undisclosed amount, Woolworths Group has announced. Read More
If you're looking for the ultimate wine experience or a few bottle to lubricate the dinner conversations over the upcoming Chinese New Year, be sure to check out these Trophy winners from HK IWSC. Read More
Fujian, the coastal province that sits across Taiwan, is an important wine consumption market in China that should be on any merchant and winery's radar. Did you know that unlike most Chinese provinces Fujian's wine consumption outweighs Baijiu? Read More
CK Life Sciences, the biotechnology arm of Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings, is now one of the largest vineyard holders in Australasia and top 10 in the world. Read More
Côtes de Bordeaux is making some of the best value for money wines in Bordeaux and here's why it should be on your radar for 2023. Read More
Hong Kong customs have seized 9,000 bottles of smuggled wines inside two ocean-going vessels headed to Shanghai in a massive raid that led to seizure of more than HK$200 million (US$25.6 million) worth of smuggled goods Read More
65 people have now been confirmed dead after drinking toxic alcohol in India’s northeastern Bihar state, the biggest and deadliest alcohol poisoning case since the state banned alcohol six years ago, according to local news reports. Read More
Italian wine exports are booming in the first 8 months of the year despite surging energy crisis and inflation, but suffered setbacks in the vast Asian market where exports to mainland China, Hong Kong and South Korea plunged. Read More
EMW Fine Wines (Shanghai) Limited and Emiliana, the world's largest organic winery in Chile, has signed an exclusive import and distribution agreement for the winery's Novas, Coyam and Gê wines for mainland China. Read More