With China's shrinking economy amid uncertainties with on-going China-US trade war, consumer appetite for the 2018 Bordeaux En Primeur Campaign is waning. Read More
Wine
Constellation Brands, the American drinks giant, has signed a new distribution deal in mainland China for its Robert Mondavi Private Selection, a range of wines aged in bourbon barrels, injecting a dose of confidence in the embattled Chinese market. Read More
Global alcohol consumption declined by 1.6% to 27.6 billion nine-litre cases of alcohol in 2018, according to IWSR, but it is expected to steadily rebound … Read More
Bulk wine, the two words that can send shudders down a wine connoisseur's spine and spoil a Burgundian Vigneron's appetite, is finding a new life in China, and growing at a speed that can marvel Bordelais even in a challenging climate like last year. Read More
This year's World's 50 Best Restaurants is going to get a bit more bubbly as Italy's famed sparkling wine brand Bellavista is appointed as a main sparkling wine sponsor for the award ceremony, which is dubbed as the "Oscars of the culinary world". Read More
A South African wine dinner in Hong Kong raised R50,000 during a silent auction for a children welfare charity group, Anna Foundation. Read More
Beaujolais, the French appellation standing in the shadow of Burgundy, is racking up interest in China, as younger generation of consumers are shunning Beaujolais Nouveau … Read More
Don Melchor, the premium wine brand from Chile’s biggest winery Concha y Toro, will break away from its parent group and start out on its … Read More
It’s the worst nightmare that most producers in the US fear – and now increasingly seems like a reality that they have to deal with … Read More
If the threatened increase comes into effect on June 1, taxes on American wine exports to China would be pushed to close to 100% compared with the regular 48%. Read More