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Chinese customs authorities have blocked around 20,000 bottles of Australian wines, including Australian flagship wine brand, Penfolds, over what it calls as “labelling issue”, as Australian wine exports to China essentially ground to a halt, after being slapped with 212% anti-dumping tariff.
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A first-ever new Chinese TV show on Italian wine that marries The Bachelorette-like reality TV flair with adrenalin-filled adventures is hitting China’s biggest streaming and video platform Youku.
While Covid-19 is confining people at home, virtual tour taking visitors to experience sake and shochu production is booming in Japan, writes Mari Yasuda.
Some superlative lots including five vintages of 100-point Harlan magnums, Screaming Eagle magnums and a collection of 6-liter imperials from Opus One will go under hammer at the inaugural ‘Direct from the Cellar: Napa Valley Library Wine Auction’.
Two men were arrested in Macau for trafficking over US$3 million worth of liquid cocaine in eight wine bottles, the first case of its kind busted in the gambling city.
Japan’s wine imports in 2020 dropped by 7% in volume in 2020 compared with the previous year, as stay-at-home requests during the pandemic reduced wine consumption at restaurants and bars.
Japan’s Mercian Corporation is looking to millennials, “casual sparkling” and organic wines as growth engines for the company’s future.
The 2021 International Congress of Chinese Cuisine & Wine will take place in Singapore in November. Ch’ng Poh Tiong has all the details.
How are wines selected for Cathay Pacific Airways and what are the most popular styles in flights? Ronald Khoo, Assistant Manager for Wine & Spirits at Cathay, unveils the answers to wine writer Sarah Wong.
The Wine Scholar Guild (WSG) has appointed an ambassador for Asia, its fastest-growing market so far, to drive its regional growth.
OIV has approved and recognized a new grape varietal called Yamasachi, the third indigenous Japanese grape to be recognized by the association.
American wine critic James Suckling has been awarded the prestigious Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite by French president Emmanuel Macron for his decades of work covering and reviewing French wines as a journalist and a critic.
