The value of the wines involved would make it the largest wine smuggling case uncovered in recent years in China, and the amount of taxes evaded according to the report alone amounted to RMB 127 million (US$17.5 million). Read More
Bordeaux
Franck Labeyrie, the French winemaker whose inventive ageing methods of immersing wines deep under sea and later more daringly under snow, has passed away at age 46, according to local news report. Read More
La Place de Bordeaux, the historic distribution network that was first established to distribute Bordeaux fine wines, has found a new lease of life outside the French wine region with the autumn release of non-Bordeaux fine wines steadily gaining traction. Read More
Bernard Magrez, the savvy wine entrepreneur who already has four classified Bordeaux estates under his name, has launched an ultra-premium Chinese wine range that is bent on “changing overseas wine consumers’ perception of Chinese wine”. Read More
ASC Fine Wines has become the exclusive importer and distributor of L'Âme de Pape Clément, the latest addition to the famed Graves estate Château Pape Clément for the country’s premium wine market including Hong Kong and Macau. Read More
Tokyo-headquartered Enoteca has reopened its 75 m² wine store in China's eastern Suzhou after months of renovation, as it plans expansion to tap into wine consumption power of the affluent city of 13 million people. Read More
Over 30 magnums of top Bordeaux wines including all first growths are among wines that are rejected from entering into mainland China market for what Chinese authorities determined as “labelling issue”. Read More
Napa Valley's Favia Wines, founded by winemaking power couple Andy Erickson and Annie Favia has announced that they will offer their Napa Valley wines internationally through La Place de Bordeaux, starting with the 2019 vintage this September. Read More
One of Argentina's most revered wineries Zuccardi will start distribution of its iconic wine, Finca Canal Uco, through the historic global distribution network of La Place de Bordeaux this September. Read More
In a first for New Zealand wine, Craggy Range will be sold through Bordeaux's famous Negociant network La Place de Bordeaux in the September release. Read More