ProWine Shanghai, which for the longest time looks like the only large-scale international wine fair that is set to open its doors as scheduled this month, has just announced its forced postponement due to recent flareups of Covid cases across China. Read More
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Decline is accelerating for China’s wine and spirits imports in the January-August period, sending worrying signs to the country’s drinks trade that has been pummelled by the onslaught of the country’s strict covid restrictions, supply chain price hikes and logistics nightmares for almost 3 years. Read More
65 million people in China are placed under lockdown, and the CCP has finally announced dates for its 20th Party Congress, which means non-essential large scale wine events all have to be rescheduled. Read More
China’s wine and spirits imports in the first half of the year continued to drop due to sporadic lockdowns, while whisky surprisingly beat market gloom and signs of recovery in wine started to emerge after May. Read More
Hong Kong could see quarantine free travel in November, and across the border China's biggest KOL goes silent after a livestreaming debacle and the country's tepid GDP growth in Q2 dismays business.
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China’s wine imports in the first five months of the year continued to dip but its overall decline was lifted by growth recorded in May, while uncertainties loom as cases double in Shanghai again, posing fears of another lockdown. Read More
China's wine and spirits imports in Q1 were pummeled by Covid, but with monthlong lockdown in Shanghai and rumors of a similar lockdown in Beijing, is the worst yet to come? Read More
Latest China Customs data shows the continual decline of China's wine imports, as the ‘zero covid policy’ upheld by the country with 52 million wine drinkers continues to weigh down on demand. Read More
China's intense lockdown and curbs have shown immediate effects on the country's lucrative wine market, especially in three of the affluent cities in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Dongguan that are engines for the country’s wine consumption, as the country holds on tight to its ‘zero-Covid policy’. Read More
Singapore is relaxing its lockdown starting from this Monday, writes Ch'ng Poh Tiong. Read More