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China’s biggest online drinks retailer 1919 Wine and Spirits, partly owned by e-commerce giant Alibaba, has bounced back from a pandemic-hit year to report a strong half-year performance over 2020 and Covid-free 2019.
Failures of accountability from merchants and e-commerce platform pushed one wine consumer to seek justice on his own.
With nationwide lockdown amid COVID-19 outbreak, China’s e-commerce giant JD.com launched an online clubbing campaign to help drive alcoholic beverageContinue Reading
China’s leading e-commerce platform, JD.com, has signed a partnership with IWC China, an international wine competition, which would provide a direct selling platform for IWC China competition’s medal-winning wines to reach JD.com’s 330 million consumers.
A wine merchant in Shenzhen bordering Hong Kong has been handed a two-year sentence and a fine of RMB 3 million (US$419,670) for profiteering from tariff-free cross-border wines imported through e-commerce platforms, and illegally selling them for higher profits.
From what is dubbed as China’s first sparkling wine themed festival in Shanghai to a wine competition trumping China’s signature grape, Marselan, here are the highlights from China’s wine industry.
Grand Tokaj, the renowned Hungarian sweet wine brand, became an instant hit on China’s e-commerce giant JD.com after its debutContinue Reading