China has finally reduced quarantine period for inbound travelers but the country's much anticipated wine fair is again postponed, third time this year. Read More
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Thailand will be lifting a 50-year-old alcohol ban that bans alcoholic beverage sales in the afternoon starting from July 1 in a hope to boost local tourism. Read More
Japan's longest serving Prime Minister is accused of omitting dinner costs with free booze provided by Suntory. Read More
China's most famous national liquor will soon get its time in the world of Crypto, as the team behind Italian Wine Crypto Bank are poised to launch what it calls world's "first-ever Baijiu bank" in September. Read More
For fans of Games of Throne (GOT), the wait for the fantasy drama's much-anticipated prequel House of Dragon is still not yet over, but "a taste" in the drama series is now made available in the form of namesake wine range launched by Vintage Wine Estates and Warner Bros. Read More
Australia's wine trade body Wine Australia has announced that it will close its China office in Shanghai, after exports to its once most profitable market plunged under China's punitive tariffs. Read More
China’s leading wine company ASC Fine Wines has reported a booming year in 2021 after the wine juggernaut withstood economic downturn last year. Here's how it achieved it in times of uncertainties. Read More
Singapore’s French wine specialist The Vintage Club has added the Nuits-Saint-Georges-based Maison Edouard Delaunay to its portfolio, riding on a 10-year Bourgogne wine boom in the Lion City. Read More
Hong Kong police and health authorities have reportedly raided on the city's upscale Italian restaurant Carbone in Central last weekend after it was found to have violated the city's strict Covid rules. Read More
For our final interview for Malbec Month in Hong Kong, we have talked to Derek Li, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent homegrown sommeliers, who … Read More