China’s leading wine and spirits importer and distributor Summergate, which was bought by Australia’s Woolworths Group in 2014 has been sold to Gravity Capital, a private equity firm in Asia, for an undisclosed amount, Woolworths Group has announced. Read More
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Fujian, the coastal province that sits across Taiwan, is an important wine consumption market in China that should be on any merchant and winery's radar. Did you know that unlike most Chinese provinces Fujian's wine consumption outweighs Baijiu? Read More
Dubai has ended its longstanding alchol tax at the start of this year and made its liquor license free for all in an effort to bolster domestic consumption and tourism. Read More
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Hong Kong customs have seized 9,000 bottles of smuggled wines inside two ocean-going vessels headed to Shanghai in a massive raid that led to seizure of more than HK$200 million (US$25.6 million) worth of smuggled goods Read More
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Italian wine exports are booming in the first 8 months of the year despite surging energy crisis and inflation, but suffered setbacks in the vast Asian market where exports to mainland China, Hong Kong and South Korea plunged. Read More