The 162nd edition of the annual Hospices de Beaune wine sale on November 20 will present a total of 51 different cuvées of the 2022 vintage produced from vineyards across the Hospices’ 60-hectare holdings. Read More
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North Korean ruling elites’ penchant demand for fine wines and spirits has revived China’s liquor exports to the isolated country, two years after it sealed off its borders in early 2020 in face of Covid. Read More
Chinese Canadian winery owner who spent five years in a Chinese prison on charges of ice wine smuggling has defiantly maintained his innocence and recalled being "treated like corpses on a battlefield," in his first interview after release. Read More
Australia’s annual wine exports contracted 11% in value to AU$2.01 billion but Wine Australia is sanguine about its future as it is seeing “the tail end of the decline” in exports to mainland China. Read More
China mulls cutting down hotel quarantine to 2 days and its new Q3 data suggests better-than-expected result as the country welcomes a new leadership. Read More
Treasury Wine Estates has announced that it has completed its majority acquisition of Château Lanessan in Haut Medoc, which would allow Penfolds to double its existing production capacity in France. Read More
Japanese wine drinkers will have to dig deep to pay for their favorite bottles as wine retailers and merchants in the country pass on price hikes to end consumers as Japanese yen continues to depreciate. Read More
Three years into her role as CEO of IWSC, Christelle Guibert reflects on how she revitalized the legacy institution and its relevance today in the age of social media. Read More
Australia has appointed two country managers for Japan and South Korea to grow Australian wine as it tries to diversity and intensify Australian wine exports during "a really challenging time" amid sharp export drops to China. Read More
China’s millennials and Gen Z who wield “considerable purchasing power” are reshaping China’s multi-billion wine market, as they become the main drinking force behind expanding country’s overall wine market size and per capita consumption in the next five years. Read More