China is expected to announce provisionary punitive tariffs on European brandy as early as August, marking the first time state media has provided a timeline for the decision, after launching an anti-dumping probe into EU-produced brandy five months ago. Read More
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China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said the country's anti-dumping investigation into European Union brandy isn't targeting any specific member state, though France is by the biggest brandy producer and exporter to China. Read More
How a RMB 200 1995 vintage Moutai helped customs officials crack a multi-million smuggling case in Nanjing, China. Read More
The French wine and spirits sector witnessed a notable decline in exports in 2023, with figures falling 5.9% to €16.2 billion admist global economic challenges, prompting the President of FEVS to call it "a wake-up call" for French wine and spirits companies. Read More
China has officially launched an anti-dumping probe into EU-produced brandy, dealing a huge blow to leading brandy and cognac producers including LVMH, Pernod Ricard and Remy Cointreau. Read More
The beleaguered Chinese winery Dynasty Fine Wines is pinning its hope on a nearly HKD 20 million new Ningxia winery to revive its operation but will it work? Read More
France’s wine and spirits exports reached record high in 2022 thanks to inflation, making it the second largest export after aerospace goods. Read More
Hennessy V.S.O.P has unveiled a new sleek, more versatile and eco-friendly design that has been conceived to reduce carbon footprint, as it aims to use eco-designed packagings for all of its new products by 2030, the Cognac producer has announced. Read More
Global leader in Cognac, Hennessy, is set to debut a brand new campaign “Paradis on Earth” for its rare Cognac expression - Paradis, sold in Hong Kong via Watson's Wine. Read More
The Chinese subsidiary of Pernod Ricard has been slapped a fine by Chinese authorities for showing acts of drinking Martell Cognac in a video ad promoted through WeChat, the second case involving an international beverage giant following Castel Frères' blunder. Read More