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The sale of star chef Feran Adrià’s famed El Bulli cellar may have grabbed the headlines at Sotheby’s Hong Kong wine auctions last week, but for anyone following Asia's wine collecting scene, the real news came the day after. Read More

Although serious wine collectors in Hong Kong are reportedly diversifying their buying habits, Burgundy's dominance at the top-end of the market remains rock solid. Read More

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

Having closed shop on July 30, 2011, Ferran Adria's legendary three-Michelin-star-rated El Bulli has turned over its wine cellar to Sotheby’s. Read More

As some luxury brands fret about their short-term prospects in the Greater China market and observers await the upcoming autumn art auction season in Hong Kong, the first major wine auction of the fall reinforced the view that Chinese demand for top-flight wines remains strong. Read More

What really makes this past weekend's auction noteworthy is the diversity of lots on offer, and the stronger bidding for wines not usually associated with label-conscious Chinese collectors. Read More

The emergence of Chinese collectors as a major force in the wine auction market may be pushing prices for top Bordeaux and Burgundy higher and higher, but in China, their appetite for new investments has also caused prices for vintage Moutai to skyrocket. Read More

Created by Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Huan for the Tuscan winery Tenuta Dell ‘Ornellaia, this past weekend a series of Confucius-themed wines sold for a total of US$191,476 at a charity auction hosted by Sotheby's in Hong Kong. Read More

Along with its status as the world's largest wine auction market, recent years have seen Hong Kong become a key art market as new mainland Chinese collectors and skittish local investors have turned to art as a relative safe haven. Read More

The high end of China's wine market may garner the most headlines, but winemakers around the world are confident that long-term growth lies not at the prestige nor the budget end of the spectrum but somewhere in the middle: in the "masstige" segment. Read More