ASC Fine Wines has expanded its portfolio with producers ranging from Dominus Estate to Champagne Jacquesson and Ningxia's Devo, arguing each brand fills a specific role in China's evolving wine market. Read More
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Shenzhen, China's Silicon Valley, drinks significantly more wine than the national average and apparently has more expensive tastes too, according to a rare trove of official market data released by the Shenzhen Alcohol Industry Association that we have exclusively obtained. Read More
Vinexpo Asia will become an annual Hong Kong event from 2027, ending its alternating format with Singapore as organisers reaffirm the city's strategic role in Asian wine trade. Read More
Windy Zhang left a top hotel job, weathered a bistro's collapse, and stayed in one of China's hardest wine markets—because wine, she says, never stops giving something back. Read More
China has officially named its 80 biggest drinks chains for the first time. The leader runs more than 3,500 stores; the gap to No. 80 is over 350-fold. Read More
The global alcohol market contracted for a third consecutive year in 2025 and for the first time spirits overtook wine in volume. Read More
As global wine consumption continues to decline and inventories swell, some Argentine wineries are beginning to redirect wines originally intended for bottled sales into the bulk market. Read More
Thailand tweaked rules governing alcohol sales in recent months but experts do not see significant effects on business, yet. Read More
When official figures show one of China's consumer categories posting double-digit growth, you'd expect the people selling that product to be feeling pretty good. Yet interviews with listed companies, traditional distributors, liquor retailers and regional industry associations tell a strikingly different story. Read More
Bibi Graetz built his winery into a global brand through La Place de Bordeaux. Then he watched it nearly collapse the same way. Now he's starting over on his own terms. Read More