The Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 index, a key measure of fine wine trading on the London-based Liv-ex exchange, dropped 3.4% in the first half of 2024, highlighting a broader slowdown in the high-end wine market that mirrors similar trends in China. Read More
Bordeaux
Chinese customs officials have seized 670 bottles of top Bordeaux, including Lafite, Latour, and Margaux, in a smuggling case valued at more than RMB 3 million (about $410,000). Read More
A former executive of a Singapore-based wine investment company has been arrested after evading authorities for 13 years, accused of defrauding over S$12 million from wine buyers. Read More
The real challenge lies not in consumer demand but in navigating the labyrinthine certification process that keeps many Western wines from being marketed as organic in the country. Read More
The wines confiscated included some of the world's most sought-after wines including Bordeaux first growth Château Latour and top Burgundy wines such as Domaine Dujac, Domaine Leflaive and Domaine Bouchard Pere & Fils. Read More
Wine merchants from Bordeaux's biggest export market are opting out of this year's En Primeur campaign. Here's what the merchants have to say. Read More
Counterfeit Bordeaux wines including top labels such as Petrus and Chateau Lafite Rothschild, valued at half a million yuan, have been uncovered by police in Beijing. Read More
The anti-graft watchdog in Xiamen is investigating the former deputy head of the state-owned conglomerate, C&D Group. Its wine division was once China's largest wine importer, wielding such significant influence that Bordeaux broke with tradition to accommodate the conglomerate.
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DBR Lafite Group has been awarded nearly RMB 80 million in a landmark lawsuit case against counterfeiters, a record-breaking amount granted to a foreign wine company. Read More
Leading Bordeaux négociant Joanne is allegedly invovled in a wine smuggling case that's being investigated by Chinese authorities, according to Chinese media reports, the second time the négociant has been linked to wine smuggling. Read More