China’s wine imports in the first five months of the year continued to dip but its overall decline was lifted by growth recorded in May, while uncertainties loom as cases double in Shanghai again, posing fears of another lockdown. Read More
Australia
Australia's most exported wine brand, Yellow Tail, has launched its Chile-made Yellow Tail range for the Chinese market this month to sidestep China's punishing tariffs on Australian wine, the company has told Vino Joy News. Read More
First made-in-China Penfolds will be released exclusively for the Chinese market in coming months, as Penfolds aims to play a meaningful role in Chinese wine industry to skirt tariffs. Read More
Australian wine exports saw moderate growth from market diversification outside of mainland China, but the progress was no match to offset the loss from its former largest export destination. Read More
Speculations are running high inside China that Australia’s most known wine brand Penfolds is a step closer in launching its Chinese Penfolds, reportedly made by blending wines from the country's premier wine region Ningxia and South Australia. Read More
China’s eastern Jiangsu province has dismantled what the policed described as a “mega cross regional” fake wine production ring, seizing over 8,000 bottles of counterfeit Penfolds worth over RMB 10 million (US$1.6 million). Read More
Mercian Corporation (“Mercian”), a leading wine importer and producer in Japan owned by Kirin, has announced the launch of a new wine brand called “Mercian Wines”, as it tries to energize local wine market after slumping wine sales in 2021. Read More
Customs officers in Shenzhen Bay Port have seized RMB 1.5 million (US$ 236,637) worth of fine wines smuggled from tax-free Hong Kong to mainland China, mostly consisting of Australian wines. Read More
Two of Japan’s largest beverage groups, Suntory Holdings and Kirin Holdings Co., have suspended part of the wine sales due to production and shipment delays amid COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
Shaw + Smith’s founders, Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith MW, and joint CEOs Adam Wadewitz and David LeMire MW, have bought Blewitt Springs vineyard in McLaren Vale to make three single vineyard wines, the winery has announced. Read More