Whisky has overtaken domestic beer to become the top-selling alcohol category by revenue at South Korean retail giant E-Mart for the first time, marking a significant shift in the country’s supermarket sales landscape. Read More
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E-Mart’s wine festival sales return to 2022 peak levels while national import trends show rising volumes and falling average prices. Read More
Renowned for its bestselling budget-friendly soju, the Korean drinks giant Hite Jinro is expanding its portfolio with American wines. Read More
South Korea’s leading retail giant Lotte is eyeing to purchase domestic and foreign wineries in an effort to beef up its wine business, bolstered by the country’s fast-expanding domestic wine market. Read More
Two of Korea’s conglomerates have officially launched their retail wine business in the country following their high-profile purchases of Napa vineyards to sate South Koreans' growing thirst for wine. Read More
Korea's retail giant Lotte has announced that it has received a green light to construct a whisky distillery in Jeju island, which is reputed to have Korea's best quality water, as the country's whisky imports soared. Read More