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China's wine brands made a respectable showing at this year's Decanter World Wine Awards, taking home two more medals than last year. Read More

Held last month at Hong Kong's Cyberport, this week saw the release of the results of the first-ever Decanter Asia Wine Awards. Read More

Coinciding with the first Decanter Asia Wine Awards in Hong Kong, last week the third annual installment of the China Wine Awards (CWA) took place with 100 judges tasting 2,000 wines and spirits from 35 countries around the world. Read More

The British wine publication Decanter.com is making two strong overtures to the market this week with the launch of a new Chinese-language website and the kickoff of the first Decanter Asia Wine Awards in Hong Kong. Read More

Despite a growing population of exploratory "wine newbies," wine-loving returned overseas students, a curious middle class and a burgeoning group of aspiring wine aficionados, wine purchases in China still remain more closely tied to business than pleasure. Read More

Although upstart boutique wineries in China continue to gain accolades for the steadily increasing quality of their wine, and the country's massive Changyu is set to hit store shelves in Britain, consumer preferences and quality control concerns are putting greater pressure on domestic winemakers. Read More

Though Chinese wine buyers remain largely polarized, purchasing mostly cheap domestic plonk at the low end and French Bordeaux and Burgundy at the high end, Chinese winemakers continue to make significant strides in their efforts to improve their products and target the potentially lucrative mid-range. Read More

Following a year of cooperation between the auction house Christie's and the Medoc estates, Decanter reports this week that Bordeaux has unveiled an officially approved translation of each of the 61 chateaux in the 1855 classification. Read More

With China becoming an increasingly critical market for Australian winemakers, who are hoping to chip away at the dominance of France in China's imported wine market, overtures from wineries down under are becoming increasingly bold. Read More

Despite common belief to the contrary, a handful of Chinese wineries are working to ensure Chinese wine can sit at the table among the finest European or North American wines within a few short decades. Read More