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Published: 28 February, 2020
The realisation first occurred in Ho Chi Minh City, after a charming waitress at 'The Garlik' restaurant produced a concise wine list. The restaurant was full of middle-class Vietnamese – and a handful of tourists – most of whom were drinking wine. I observed a similar scenario one week later, at Riedel's bar-cum-restaurant in central Bangkok. The sommelier was proselytising the virtues of white Burgundy – one of the many bottles contained in a wall-mounted enomatic machine - to a young Thai couple. I left the restaurant convinced that due to the media's powerful China obsession, the potential of these cultures to love wine was being grossly underreported.
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Published: 10 February, 2020
Wines from the Bourgogne region grew last year by both volume and value in the key Hong Kong market – even as French wine exports fell overall.
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Published: 10 February, 2020
Wines from the southern hemisphere will thrive most in post-Brexit Britain, according to the latest Wine Trade Monitor from food-and-drink communications agency Sopexa.
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Published: 14 January, 2020
The Randall Wine Group (RWG) has acquired its first vineyard in Australia’s Riverland, marking the latest target in a string of acquisitions aimed to fuel its sales in China.
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Published: 11 November, 2019
Award-winning McLaren Vale winery Haselgrove Wines is set to expand its international distribution with new hires for the Chinese and US markets.
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Published: 30 October, 2019
Australia’s wine exports grew 7% by value in the 12 months to 30 September 2019 to AU$2.89bn, Wine Australia has revealed.
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Published: 17 October, 2019
The UK has been identified as one of the top countries in the world for sales of alcohol online, with a surprising outcome for the first and second spot.
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Published: 11 September, 2019
With 32 million regular drinkers of imported wine between the ages of 18 and 54, and a potential 398 million untapped, China offers tantalising opportunities for exporters. Jo Gilbert dives in
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Published: 05 September, 2019
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE), the Australian owner of leading brand Penfolds, has shed some light on why it decided to call time on its distributor in China – and why setting up on its own steam has been key to growth in the country.
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Published: 15 August, 2019
Treasury Wine Estates’ chief executive Michael Clarke revealed the company’s ambitious plans for China yesterday.
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Published: 13 August, 2019
Seppeltsfield Wines has acquired the Tanunda Hills vineyards in Barossa.
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Published: 01 August, 2019
Despite falling wine import volumes, China continues to mature as a market, according to the latest country report from Wine Intelligence.
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The volume of wine imported by China has fallen for the first time since 2014, according to the latest Wine Intelligence report.
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Wines from France and Italy dominate the on-trade in China, according to the first in-depth research into the Chinese on-trade market.
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World Bulk Wine Exhibition (WBWE) has launched its first Chinese edition in the northern port city of Yantai in response to the booming market for bulk wine imports into China.
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Published: 13 March, 2019
Wine priced between $10 and $20 will be the biggest driver of value growth for still and sparkling wine over the next couple of years.
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Published: 14 February, 2019
Liberty Wines has added Chinese winery Kanaan to its portfolio.
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Published: 21 November, 2018
The World Bulk Wine Exhibition (WBWE) has revealed it is set to hold its first exhibition in China next year.
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Published: 15 November, 2018
ProWine China 2018 has celebrated its biggest show this year with record numbers of visitors as the Chinese market opens to the wine sector.
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Published: 09 August, 2018
The University of Adelaide and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University have joined forces to launch a dual masters degree in winemaking and viticulture to help fuel China’s wine industry.
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