Thailand tweaked rules governing alcohol sales in recent months but experts do not see significant effects on business, yet. Read More
Wine
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
VIK Winery became the first Chilean winery ever to be named the "World's Best Vineyard" distinction. Read More
Hong Kong-born private members’ wine club Club Bâtard is expanding into Shanghai, setting up a three-storey clubhouse in the city’s upscale Jing’an district at a moment when competition for China’s wealthy wine drinkers is heating up. Read More
A flashy Chinese hedge fund firm once celebrated as part of the country’s elite “100 billion yuan club” has landed in hot water over a bizarre wine-smuggling scheme involving Hong Kong warehouses, underground border runners and dodged taxes. Read More
Two years after joining OIV, China will be hosting the 47th World Congress of Vine and Wine in Yinchuan for the first time. Read More
The applications for the 2026 Barca-Velha Golden Vines® MW Scholarships are now open. Read More
Baijiu sales in 2025 suffered sharp drops but wine managed to grow for Vats Liquor Store. Read More
India has taken a major step toward liberalising its tightly protected wine market, agreeing to slash tariffs on New Zealand wine by up to 83% … Read More