Burgundy’s wine council, BIVB, has signed an agreement with a Chinese tea producers’ association in Fuzhou, to share ideas on protecting their agricultural heritage.
More middle class Chinese consumers have started to drink imported wine regularly and in informal environment, indicates a survey by the Wine Intelligence research group.
Penfolds Grange from the 1950s and a 70-year-old Port were among the rare bottles to emerge from collectors’ cellars at the first Penfolds re-corking clinic to be held in Beijing this month.
Tickets to the inaugural Decanter Shanghai Fine Wine Encounter will go on general release on Tuesday 15 July, Decanter has announced this morning.
China Agriculture University’s Yantai Campus has signed a cooperation agreement with the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) to provide a new undergraduate course in viticulture and winemaking.
Greek wine producer Boutari has secured a brand promotion agreement with COFCO’s Wines & Spirits division to import its wines and develop the presence of Greek wine in China.
Chinese state-owned Haichang Group has been accused of wrongly diverting government money to buy Bordeaux vineyards, as part of an investigation by China’s National Audit Office.
Chinese wines have demonstrated their rising presence on the international stage by winning 19 medals at the 2014 Decanter World Wine Awards, including one coveted Regional Trophy.
[Feature] Chinese consumers will continue to be big buyers of Bordeaux's grand cru classe wines, despite still nursing a hangover from 'irrational exuberance' surrounding the 2009 and 2010 vintages, says the chief executive of ASC Fine Wines.
There is growing interest in higher-priced Burgundy wines in mainland China, despite a fall in volume shipments, suggest fresh import figures.