China's biggest wine and spirits fair, China Food and Drinks Fair (CFDF), has finally set a date for November merging the spring edition of the fair with autumn edition, after experiencing several delays due to the country's strict zero Covid policy that have disrupted large-scale events. Read More
Pandemic
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 police and health authorities have reportedly raided on the city's upscale Italian restaurant Carbone in Central last weekend after it was found to have violated the city's strict Covid rules. Read More
China's biggest wine and spirits fair reportedly has set new dates after it was twice rescheduled, but lack of international visitors still undermines its reach. Read More
Australia's leading wine exporter Casella Family Brands, the parent company behind Australia's biggest selling wine brand, Yellow Tail, has reportedly put up from 35 vineyards in Australia up for sale. Read More
Bar owners and operators in Hong Kong are dismayed after months of closure that it will have to wait until at least May for reopening, as industry leaders complain that the city's thousands of bars only operated for 6 days so far this year. Read More
China's biggest wine and spirits fair has yet again been postponed due to sporadic Covid cases found in the southwestern city of Chengdu, highlighting the challenges of organizing physical fairs even though local cases are in single digits. Read More
Hong Kong’s wine market made a triumphant rebound last year, signalling the market has returned to pre-Covid level in 2019 but uncertainties hang as the city imposes toughest Covid curbs yet. Read More
China’s wine imports failed to recover in 2021 and has hit a historical low, continuing a worrying downward trend as the latest customs data has shown, with both volume and value contracting during the 12 months. Read More