Weekly Digest: Hong Kong roars back and fake Bordeaux in China
For this week, here are the headlines making buzz in China’s wine market: fake Bordeaux wines in Shanghai, Beijing’s fresh outbreak and key personnel changes in China’s wine trade.
Tag: Bordeaux
MHD takes over distribution for Mouton Cadet in China
Moët Hennessy Diageo China has taken over distribution for the popular Bordeaux wine, Mouton Cadet, owned by Baron Philippe de Rothschild for the mainland China market, the company has announced.
Wine merchants and course providers get creative during outbreak
From using sample-sized wines for virtual wine course to launching e-tasting with chateau owner at home, here are how wineContinue Reading
Bordeaux wine bar to offer free dining to medical workers in Shanghai
Medical workers in Shanghai who fought on the frontline to assist China’s worst-hit province, Hubei, during the COVID-19 outbreak willContinue Reading
Chinese wine merchant discharged from hospital in Bordeaux
The 48-year-old Chinese man infected with the fast-spreading novel coronavirus or Covid-19 has recovered and been discharged from a hospital in Bordeaux after first being diagnosed on January 24.
How will the coronavirus affect China’s wine industry?
For many wine merchants hoping for a recovery in 2020 after sales slump in 2019, the hope is completely dashed, as the whole country’s economic growth is expected to be undercut significantly by the deadly coronavirus.
Chinese man working in wine industry diagnosed with coronavirus in Bordeaux
A 48-year-old Chinese man working in wine industry has been confirmed to have contracted the deadly Wuhan new coronavirus in Bordeaux, according to French health ministry.
TWE and Baron Philippe de Rothschild end partnership in China
Australian wine giant, Treasury Wine Estates, and Baron Philippe de Rothschild have ended their partnership, which gives TWE exclusivity to import and distribute the latter’s wines including volume-driven brand Mouton Cadet for China, TWE has announced.
By the glass: Michel Bettane
Michel Bettane, one of the most influential French wine critics, is opinionated and does not shy away from controversies. In our interview, he swipe at what he calls “consumerist” critics who gave only high scores, and blasts official prohibition of alcohol as “puritanism at its worst”.
Woes in China and US leaving Bordeaux a bitter aftertaste
Once the darling of the wine world, Bordeaux now looks tired and some might even dare to suggest, “passed its prime”.