China will have moved from eighth-largest wine producer in the world in 2012 to the sixth largest by 2016, putting it ahead of Australia and Chile, according to data from Vinexpo.
Read more...Employees from Manchester's Kingsland Wines & Spirits and agency division Legacy Wines have completed a charity trek along the Great Wall of China.
Read more...The Comité Champagne has confirmed that China now recognises Champagne's appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC).
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ProWein 2013 opened today in Düsseldorf looking to cement its increasingly respected position as the...
Read more...Berry Bros & Rudd is to show a Chinese wine for the first time at its spring portfolio tasting.
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Wine Intelligence is to hold two seminars at this year's ProWein, which will look at new emerging wine markets and wine tourism.
Read more...Chinese wine will be represented at this year's London International Wine Fair for the first time by Château Hansen.
Read more...Any business with international aspirations will have China in its sights. Consumption of imported wines and spirits is increasing rapidly, particularly in relation to high end products, which are seen as reflecting power and sophistication upon their consumers, or those giving such items as present. The current opportunities for Western brands seem limitless.
Read more...China will overtake the UK in 2013 as the number one market for students taking a Wine & Spirit Education Trust course.
Global wine consumption has risen despite the global economic crisis, according to Vinexpo chief executive Robert Beynat.
Read more...New Zealand's Marisco Vineyards has appointed a new winemaker for 2013 and announced it will now bottle a range of its wines in screen-printed glass.
Read more...Having opened the doors to New Street Wine Shop in September, D&D London is taking the store's wine offering online.
Read more...Wine companies who were late off the mark in investing in China and South Korea could get a head start on competitors by edging into "hidden gem" markets.
Read more...The 11th Barriques d'Or auction, organised by Plaimont Producteurs and Cave de Crouseilles, has broken its highest barrel sale record for the second year in a row.
Read more...Australia's top family wineries have turned their attention to the Chinese wine market.
Spanish firm United Wineries has restructured its senior team as it turns its focus away from the UK and other mature markets and on to the faster-growing economies of Russia, China and the USA.
Read more...After a four rather than customary two-year gap on account of the football World Cup in South Africa in 2010, the Cape Wine trade fair returned to Cape Town this week. A huge number of interesting and high quality South African wines were available for tasting, in the presence of a phalanx of winemakers at the Cape Town Convention Centre. Harpers sampled scores of the wines, and here are some of the highlights, all of which should be available in the UK.
Read more...A five-strong team from Bristol have won the southern heat and first leg of the Great Brugal Rumble cocktail competition at London's Boutique Bar Show.
Read more...The daughter and grandaughter of former South African president, Nelson Mandela, are introducing a new Fairltrade wine range to the UK from South Africa.
Read more...Organisers of today's third annual International Grenache Day are hoping to better last year's event when more than 23,000 producers, wine merchants, restaurateurs and consumers from over 30 countries took part.
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