The world's biggest luxury group LVMH has reported strong growth in the first quarter of 2022 but its wine and spirits business was hampered by global supply constraints. Read More
Wine
Douyin, the popular Chinese video streaming app boasting 600 million daily active users, is reportedly developing its own wine and spirits e-commerce platform, throwing its hat in the ring to capture the country’s lucrative drinks market by leveraging its live-streaming strength. Read More
Penfolds, the flagship brand of Treasury Wine Estates, is launching a rare 2018 Superblend Imperial Duo as two NFTs on BlockBar, a New York-based luxury wine and spirits NFT platform for its first-ever NFT wine auction Read More
In this book authored by Catena Zapata’s Laura Catena and chief winemaker Alejandro Vigil, the duo charts the history of Malbec, rise of Argentina’s wine industry and the one key family that brought the black grape to new heights. Read More
China's leading wine importer EMW Fine Wines is betting big on Chinese wine, with another Ningxia estate added to its portfolio. Read More
Summergate Fine Wines and Spirits and Maison M. Chapoutier have entered an exclusive distribution partnership for three of its brands including iconic Rhone wine M. Chapoutier, as well as Trenel in Burgundy and Beaujolais and Provence's Château des Ferrages for the mainland China market. Read More
A wine company lost 2600 bottles of wines after its wine smuggling operation gone awry. Read More
According to a recent survey on the top 100 selling wines in China in 2021, 95 out of the 100 wines are overwhelmingly sealed under corks, confirming Chinese wine consumers' strong preference for cork closures. Read More
To support the restoration of Cîteaux Abbey - the birthplace of the Cistercian Catholic order - in Burgundy, Sotheby's is holding a charity wine auction in April. Read More