China’s top oenologist: natural wine is the future of wine industry
Li Hua, known as China’s “father of modern Chinese wine” has endorsed natural wine and said it is the future of wine.
Category: Wine
Australian wine exports surge despite Covid and China’s tariff threat
Australian wine exports surged 4% on steady global demand in the 12 months ended in September amid a pandemic and tariff threats from its most profitable market – China.
China’s wine imports continue to slide in first nine months
China’s wine imports in the first nine months of the year continued a worrying double-digit slide, but rush for importers to stockpile Australian wine before punitive tariffs hit resuscitated imports in September.
Prosecco on Lees
Italian winemaker Christian Zago pays tribute to his grandfather in the way he makes his Prosecco “Col Fondo”, which is aged on lees without filtration, writes Ch’ng Poh Tiong.
2000 cases of wine left frozen due to misreading of dash sign
A Chinese logistics company made a costly mistake by freezing 2,000 cases of wine destined to Japan after misreading the dash sign in temperature instruction as a minus sign.
Australian mining magnet eyes to buy Penfolds
Australia’s mining magnet, Andrew Forrest, is eyeing to buy the iconic Australian wine brand Penfolds, after its parent company Treasury Wine Estates floated the idea of demerging the brand earlier this year.
F&B unemployment in Hong Kong rises to highest level since 2003
Hong Kong’s unemployment rate has risen to the highest level in 16 years, with the city’s tourist dependent food and beverage industry bearing the brunt of the economic pains from the pandemic.
Competition launched to find best wine list in Hong Kong & Macau
Star Wine List has launched a wine competition to discover the best wine lists from some of the top restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau.
More than 10,000 fake Château Haut-Brion busted in China
More than 10,000 bottles of fake Château Haut-Brion have been uncovered by authorities in China’s southern city of Xiamen. Yet, the fraudster is still on the run and punishment was criticized as lenient.
Torres’ ancestral wine wins top accolade at Decanter
Ancestral varietals rescued and revived by Spain’s leading winery Familia Torres won a top prize at an international wine competition.