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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

France, the long-time dominant force in China's imported wine market, will see its iron grip on the industry slowly slip in the years ahead, as major exporters like Italy, Australia, the US, Spain and Chile chip away at the market and more adventurous Chinese drinkers start to look beyond the usual French red. Read More

One of the more interesting shifts in the China high-end wine market this year has been the growing popularity of reds from Burgundy and relative decline of Bordeaux in first-tier cities. Read More

This week, China's aspiring wine connoisseurs will get their chance to interact with respected names from the global wine industry at the second annual China Wine Challenge at the Shanghai Hilton. Read More

With Château Lafite's dominance of the high-end Bordeaux market in China slowly slipping away, Château d’Yquem is quietly becoming something of a "must-have" for some of the more fashionable drinkers in Shanghai and Beijing. Read More

A roundup of wine news coming out of China this week, from Moet's new joint venture, which will see China-made bubbly hit the scene in coming years, to suspicious wine sold at a plush restaurant in Guangdong Province. Read More

Hong Kong has, since abolishing wine tariffs last year, become the darling of the wine auction world, and perhaps no company has benefitted more from the city's wine boom than Sotheby's. Read More