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
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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
After 10 years of waiting, DBR Lafite has finally unveiled its first Chinese wine. How has it been received so far among China's leading winemakers? Read More
More than 1,200 guests toasted to the ascension of the world’s top chefs at the World’s 50 Best Restaurants in Singapore, and here are the pictorial highlights from the scene. Read More
Three top sommeliers saw competition off from over 130 sommeliers from 11 Asian countries to win this year's Wines of South Africa’s (WOSA) Sommelier Cup Asia semi-final, WOSA has announced. Read More
A New Zealand winemaker has pleaded guilty to 36 charges including falsifying tens of thousands of wines’ vintage, origin and grape information in a wine fraud case that was described as “the first case of its kind in New Zealand”. Read More
Australia has consolidated its lead as China's biggest source for bottled wine imports in the first five months of the year, continuing its lead over France in China, industry data has shown. Read More
Mirco Tarducci of the Galaxy Macau’s 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA has been crowned the winner of the 2019 Ruinart Sommelier Challenge, after competing with over 30 sommeliers in Hong Kong and Macau in champagne blind-tasting challenges. Read More
DBR Lafite has unveiled its first ever Chinese wine Long Dai (瓏岱), a premium wine produced from its Chinese winery in Penglai with limited production of 2500 cases. Read More
Chinese wine consumers were drinking more expensive Bourgogne wines last year despite an overall fall in volume, as figures released by The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) have shown. Read More