David Lucas' departure from Wine Australia is the latest key personnel change in China's volatile wine market. Read More
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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
The crown jewel of Japanese rare whisky collection, the whole set of Hanyu Ichiro’s Full Card Series, will go under hammer at auction house Bonhams' upcoming Whisky and Wine auction on August 16 in Hong Kong, and is likely to smash previous world record. Read More
Production volume of Australia’s 2019 vintage turned out to be higher than expected despite early predictions warning that the vintage could be the lowest in a decade in the country’s key wine making region Barossa, due to frost, hail and drought. Read More
Richard Li, vice president at China’s leading wine importer ASC Fine Wines, has resigned from ASC to head two boutique Chinese wineries in Hebei province, … Read More
A bombshell report by Australian Financial Review alleges that Treasury Wine Estates’ former star employee in China, Peter Dixon, is being sued by the company and … Read More