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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.
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”.
Once the darling of the wine world, Bordeaux now looks tired and some might even dare to suggest, “passed its prime”.
France might have found the biggest name in China’s wine trade to help revitalize its sluggish wine sales in China, the country’s president Xi Jinping.
In our interview with Bordeaux heavyweight François Thienpont, he shares his thoughts on 2018 En Primeur, the damaging US tariffs on EU wines, and the rise of good value Bordeaux wines.
East Meets West Fine Wines (EMW) has being appointed as the exclusive importer in mainland China for three Bordeaux wines from Compagnie Vinicole Baron Edmond de Rothschild.
Chinese billionaire actress Zhao Wei or Vicki Zhao has purchased another château in Bordeaux for an undisclosed amount, expanding her vineyard holdings in the famed French wine region.
Hong Kong has returned to rank as the most valuable market for wines from Bordeaux, France’s biggest wine region, while exports to mainland China suffered a double-digit drop.
With China’s shrinking economy amid uncertainties with on-going China-US trade war, consumer appetite for the 2018 Bordeaux En Primeur Campaign is waning.