Chinese wine consumers were drinking more expensive Bourgogne wines last year despite an overall fall in volume, as figures released by The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) have shown. Read More
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Japanese private equity firm Cool Japan Fund Inc. (CJF) has bought shares in China’s leading wine importer East Meets West Fine Wines (EMW) for an undisclosed amount. Read More
The Chairman, an upscale Cantonese restaurant in Hong Kong, made its debut on the World's 50 Best Restaurants List this year, representing the only entrant from the city and the only Chinese restaurant on the list. Read More
German supermarket chain Aldi has opened its first two stores in Shanghai, China this month at a time when Europe’s largest retailer Carrefour is posed to exit China. Read More
Our cheese specialist Ivy Ng argues Cheese, a protein-rich food, with umami-charged compounds, its creamy, rich texture, is in fact the perfect match with Japanese sake, as shown in the pairing with Junmai sake by Katsuyama Shuzo. Read More
Douyin or TikTok, the popular Chinese video sharing app with more than 100 million users, is cracking down on baijiu sales on its platform, raising fear that the latest content regulation could also affect wine sales. Read More
Don't write off New York's Finger Lakes as a one-trick Riesling producer yet as a group of aspiring winemakers from this cool climate region are adding a plethora of elegant and constrained wines that are in what Christopher Bates MS described as "nothing like California". Read More
While in Hong Kong launching his new book on Spain's iconic winery Marques de Riscal, Andrew Caillard MW took aim at wine drinkers' excessive pursuit for a perfect wine, rebutting that if all wines are the same, "it would be coco-cola". Read More
China’s state-owned foodstuff conglomerate COFCO has allegedly made important leadership changes for its wine importing business which saw the departure of its longtime general manager … Read More
Entries are now open for this year's Wine Australia China Awards, set up to recognize individuals and companies that have made "outstanding contributions to promoting and raising the awareness of Australian wine" in its most valuable market China. Read More