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
Wine
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
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