Sotheby’s to offer rare vintages direct from CHANEL Vineyards
Rare vintages from CHANEL’s Chateau Rauzan-Ségla and Chateau Canon will go under hammer next month at Sotheby’s to celerbrate the fashion house’s 25 years of ownership.
Category: Wine
French wine giant Castel fined in China for violating advertising law
French wine giant Castel Frères, the third largest wine group in the world, has been handed a fine in mainland China for violating advertising law, sounding an alarm for wineries that are using superlative languages in promotions.
World’s first wine bank launches ‘first-ever’ cryptocurrency
The Italian Wine Crypto Bank (IWCB), the first and only global wine bank based on blockchain and cryptocurrencies, has launched what it calls “the first cryptocurrency in the world entirely guaranteed by wine” starting from September 21.
A wine family
First planted in 1999, Silver Heights is one of Ningxia’s earlier vineyards. The vines are 1,200 metres above sea level on the eastern slopes of Helan Mountain.
ProWine Hong Kong officially ended with success
Amid travel restrictions and quarantine measures, this year’s ProWine Hong Kong @ HOFEX on September 7-9 has concluded successfully when many physical wine fairs were cancelled around the world.
Global wine supply chain buckles under Covid-19, causing severe shipping delays
As holiday season approaches, leading wine merchants and wineries tell Vino Joy News what has transpired the shipping delays this year and the impacts of the delays.
Fifteen liter Mouton sets new record
A 15-liter bottle of Bordeaux first growth Château Mouton Rothschild – known otherwise as the “Nebuchadnezzar” – from the legendary vintage of 2000 was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong for more than one million Hong Kong dollars to an Asian collector.
Mid-Autumn wine pairing guide
Whether it’s a dish steeped in Mid-Autumn festival tradition or holiday must-have mooncakes, Ronald Khoo picks out four classic pairings with wine.
China’s top 10 wine exporters in H1 2021
Here are China’s top 10 wine exporting countries in the first half of 2021.
Hanyu card series whisky eyes US$2 m and a new world record
A complete set of the rare Japanese Hanyu card series whisky is poised to smash a previous world record at the upcoming auction organized by Kaigai Fine Wine Asia on October 10.