alcohol
High-end Baijiu to Drive Chinese Alcohol Market Growth
Prices for scarce bottles such as Flying Fairy Maotai have risen quickly in 2018. New brands are entering the market to take on the likes of Kweichow Maotai. Read More
China’s Consumers Are Traveling More And Drinking Less With Top Homegrown Brands
A new report on the top 100 most valuable Chinese brands finds that a tourism boom is sparking success in the Chinese travel industry, but the government's continued anti-extravagance campaign is still putting a dent in Chinese wine and spirits. Read More
China Becomes World’s #1 Importer Of Armagnac
Adding yet another world-ranking badge to its sash, China is now the world’s largest importer of armagnac, displacing former reigning consumer Britain after a huge surge in sales in 2011. Read More
Will Lower Prices & Shifting Demand Hurt High-End Baijiu Brands?
The names Moutai and Wuliangye, tongue-twisters to non-Mandarin speakers, are known throughout their native country to even the most sober of Chinese. Read More
Baijiu Enters The Land Of Lafite As Rare 1958 Maotai Sells For $220,000
It seems that Chinese collectors aren't only driving the prices for Chateau Lafite or Chateau Cheval Blanc to new heights, they're also on the hunt for rare tipples from a bit closer to home. Read More-
Tsingtao Increasing Imports Of Aussie Wine In China
Tsingtao has proven itself eager to target higher-end segments in recent years, and with Australian wine exports to China expected to reach $200 million this year, the lure of wine looks to be too much for the company to ignore. Read More -
Absolut Taps Chinese Culture, Contemporary Art For “72变” Ltd. Edition
Over the past year, we've seen a wave of China-only limited editions from major fashion houses, jewelers and automakers, some of which were designed in-house and some of which tapped Chinese artists for the job. Read More -
Will Baijiu Ever Become Fashionable?
Over the past 30 years baijiu, much like the bicycles and Mao suits that characterized an earlier generation, has been sidelined by young urban Chinese in favor of BMWs and Prada, wine and whiskey. However, a handful of ambitious distilleries are working overtime to try to change this. Read More -
China’s Growing Love Of Wine Goes To The Extreme
Liaoning-based Wang Cheng Beverage Co. produced the world's largest bottle of wine this week in honor of the Shenyang Food Festival. Although we can't vouch for the taste of the wine, if Chinese media reports are any indication, it did help kick off a great party. Read More -
Grand Marnier Targets China’s Young Drinkers
While baijiu and beer remain the top of the heap in the China market in terms of volume, among luxury consumers, scotch, cognac, liqueurs, and grape wine have caught on in a big way. Read More
