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Wine Connoisseurs Can Soon Drink Château Lafite Owner’s ‘Made-In-China’ Vintages
Domaines Barons de Rothschild's Chinese vineyard yielded its "experimental" vintage as it gets ready for its wine to hit store shelves by as early as 2016. Read More
Chinese Official Claims Half Of All Château Lafite In China Is Fake
As China introduces a new program to fight fake wine, a senior government official states that the country's counterfeit problem is “very serious.” Read More
Chinese Winery Boosts ‘Respectable’ Status With Wu Xiubo
The popular star of Finding Mr. Right has been enlisted as a brand ambassador to a Chinese winery hoping to gain from his sophisticated image. Read More
Winemakers Lafite And Lafitte Face Off On China’s High-Stakes Trademark Battleground
The feuding Bordeaux winemakers bring their ongoing trademark clash to the world's largest red wine market. Read More
Bordeaux And Burgundy To Face Off At $5 Million Hong Kong Auction
After losing its position as the world's largest wine auction market to the US in 2012, Hong Kong is set to host one of its most high-profile auctions of the year on March 22-23, packed with top-tier Bordeaux and Burgundy as well as rare Californian lots. Read More
Luxury Gift-Giving In China: Down, But Definitely Not Out
We've previously noted the changing dynamics of China's culture of gift-giving, hastened by Beijing's recent crackdown on excessive spending by government officials, but this week, a new Hurun Report survey finds that two luxury segments in particular have been the hardest hit. Read More
White Burgundy Could Be “Liquid Gold” In China This Year
With the preferences of China's wealthy wine enthusiast shifting (in very general terms) from Bordeaux to Burgundy over the past two years, producers of white Burgundy also smell opportunity. Read More
Seeing Red In Burgundy: Is Wine Sinophobia Overblown?
Though imported wine demand in Greater China continues to rise, not all winemakers are eager to jump on the China bandwagon. Read More
As Chinese Palate Expands, French Wine Giants See Sales Squeeze
When it comes to wine, the burgeoning Chinese oenophile's single-minded preference for high-end French wines has become the stuff of legend and even caused global ripples in recent years. Read More
Chinese Wine Collectors Turning To Pétrus
Following their love affairs with Château Lafite Rothschild then Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, it appears that Chinese collectors are investing ever more into perennial status symbol Château Pétrus. Read More
