Yachting Shanghai festival embraces fine wine, but steers clear of luxury
Shanghai is to showcase fine wines at former World Expo venues as a part of its inaugural international yachting festival, but organisers said they would choose ‘good value’ wine to promote ‘quality but not luxury’.
Bordeaux 2014 can sell if price is right, says ASC chief
Chinese buyers have shown interest in Bordeaux 2014 en primeur wines, but pricing is crucial, according to the chief executive of ASC Fine Wines, John Watkins.
Decanter Asia Wine Awards 2015 opens for entries
The search for the best wines on sale in Asia has begun after the Decanter Asia Wine Awards 2015 opened for entries, with DecanterChina columnist professor Li Demei appointed as a vice-chair for this year’s competition.
Wine associations in China unite to improve sales
A group of wine associations from different parts of China has founded a trade body to increase the sales of domestic wines, marking a new level of co-operation between the country’s wine regions.
China vineyard planting figure misleading, suggests trade data
China’s wine grape planting accounts for only a small percentage of its total grape plantings, according to industry officials, casting doubt on widespread reports this week that China has more land under vine than France.
Moet Hennessy to bottle first Chinese red wine
Moët Hennessy Estates & Wines, producers of wines including Cloudy Bay and Cheval des Andes, is due to bottle its highly anticipated Chinese red wine within the next few weeks, with an international launch due for Autumn 2015.
ASC Fine Wines chief executive John Watkins to leave
ASC Fine Wines, a major Chinese importer of premium wine, has announced that its chief executive, John Watkins, will leave the company at the end of May.
First Xinjiang wine regions expected to receive geographic indication protection
Wines made from two regions in Xinjiang are expected to receive geographical indication protection in China, marking the autonomous region’s latest efforts to boost its upcoming wine industry.
Ningxia aims to be wine talent hub
Ningxia is to establish a specialist vocational college to train an ‘all-round’ young generation of wine professionals ‘from planting to winemaking’.
Shenzhen tightens fraud controls on imported wine
Shenzhen’s quarantine authority has launched a system that claims to be able to identify a wine’s origin by examining its chemical make-up, as part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of counterfeit wines in Mainland China.