Investigators seized 705 bottles of wine and estimated tax evasion at more than 16 million yuan (US$2.2 million) including well-known names Louis Jadot and Domaine Faiveley. Read More
Burgundy
Having launched his business during the Covid-19 pandemic, Legrandois shared his insights on Hong Kong, an international wine hub currently facing challenging times. Read More
Château de Pommard, a nearly 300-year-old winery in the heart of Burgundy, is bracing for a 40% drop in its 2024 production, but remains committed to maintaining stable prices, according to the winery. Read More
Despite 2024's vintage potentially yielding only a third of regular production for Louis Latour, there will still be solid whites and a few pleasant surprises among the reds, says its CEO.
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Renowned celebrities, including Dominic West, Eva Longoria, Jean Reno, and Zabou Breitman, will lend their support to this year’s Hospices de Beaune Wine Sale on November 17. Read More
Aleksandr lugov, a notorious wine fraudster who had been previously convicted of faking fine wines including the rarefied Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) in 2017, was again arrested in Italy seven years later. Read More
It is expected that 2024 will be one of the smallest vintages in recent history for renowned wine regions like Burgundy, Champagne, and Bordeaux, while the impact on Burgundy prices remains uncertain. Read More
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
Jeanne Delaunay, the sixth generation appointed to steward her family’s legacy in Languedoc and Burgundy, talks to us about often fraught generational transition of wine business and goals for Abbotts & Delaunay. Read More
China has officially recognized the protection for two Bourgogne appelllations of Mâcon and Gevrey Chambertin Appellations d'Origine Contrôlée (AOCs), "the first step" in recgonizing all Bourgone appellations, says top Bourgogne wine bodies. Read More