UK Wine Show 139 China with Dr Richard Smart

Dr Richard Smart is a famous viticulturist who has been consulting on the Chinese wine industry. We find out more about China and its future as a wine-producing nation.

UK Wine Show 201 Brendan OToole of Summergate Fine Wines on the Chinese wine market

Brendan OToole of Summergate Fine Wines talks to us about the expanding wine market in mainland and greater China.

UK Wine Show 203 Claudio Salgado of Hyatt hotels

Claudio Salgado is responsible for the food and beverages at the Hyatt in Hong Kong and China. We find out about the part he plays in selecting wines for the hotel chain.

UK Wine Show 216 Simon Tam on Chinese wine

Simon Tam is a Hong Kong based wine educator. We talk to Simon about the Chinese wine industry and Chinese wines.

Morrisons to sell Chinese wine

Morrisons has started to sell Chinese wine

China wine merchant relocates to Hong Kong

China's largest wine merchant Jointek Fine Wines is planning to relocate its headquarters to Hong Kong.

Chinese oak barrels, made in Spain

A Spanish cooper in Rioja is making barrels out of Chinese oak and supplying winemakers in the region for trials.

Chinese buyers looking beyond Bordeaux

Savvy Chinese wine buyers diversifying beyond Bordeaux and buying from Burgundy and the New World.

Moet 'Made in China'

Moet joint venture to produce first sparkling wine in China.

Lafite will use Prooftag as anti-fraud measure

Chateau Lafite Rothschild is to seal all its bottles with the Prooftag bubble seal as an anti-fraud measure.

Chinese now faking lower end Lafite range

Chinese wine fraudsters still gung ho but now using cheaper wines avoid severe penalties

China recognises Napa's GI status

Napa Valley is first wine region to get GI status recognised in China

China set to become the largest market for WSET wine courses.

Number of WSET students from China overtakes UK enrolment

Wine Made in China

China to fulfill its' growing wine consumption with wine produced in China

The Chinese Wines are coming!

Berry & Rudd and London International Wine Fair show chinese wines for the first time

China to protect the Champagne name

China has agreed to protect the name Champagne so that only wines produced in the French region can bear the name.

China could ban subsidised French wine in tit for tat trade war with the EU

EU trade row with China provokes them to ask for anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into EU wine.

Chinese not taking away at Wine Expo

Chinese selling at French wine expo not learning and tasting this time

Bordeaux prices continue to slide

Bordeaux prices slide and 2013 not looking hopeful either

China Syndrome affecting the world wine industry

Worlds biggest producer and consumer of wine within 5 years but how does that affect those outside China?

Chinese are no 1 Red Wine consumers

China now worlds largest consumer of red wine.

Bordeaux demand wanes

Bordeaux prices continue to fall as investors lose faith.

Boom or bust for chateaux

Liv-Ex managing director reports on bordeaux industry

Hong Kong firm buys 650ha of Australian Vineyards

Asian investment in Australian vineyards continues.

China's biggest wine producer admits its wines are awful

Cofco chairman admits China's wines aren't great.

China 2nd largest wine grower

China strive to become self sufficient in wine and become 2nd largest grower of grapes

Made in China - what's in a name?

Chateau Lafitte wins right to sell under its own name in China.

Bordeaux name protected in China

Chinese authorities agree to give legal cover to Bordeaux appellations.

Made in Bordeaux by Chinese

Chinese online wine retailer to invest in Bordeaux chateau

China reduces tariff on Australia wines

FTA agreement reduces tariffs on imported Australian wines

Made in China wine now available at Sainsburys

Supermarket to stock wine made in China

Bordeaux is gearing up to sell the 2016 vintages but where are the wines likely to go?

We take a look at the sales from Bordeaux exports in 2016. To work out where the 2016 vintage Bordeaux wines are likely to go.

China now has the 2nd largest area under vine in the world

China has now the 2nd largest area under vine, one place behind Spain. France is now relegated to 3rd place.

China sets new 'Estate Wine' standard to help drive up quality

China has created a new 'Estate Wine' status and granted it to sixteen wineries.

Lafite releases first Chinese wine, as local producers struggle

Lafite releases first Chinese wine, as the local producers struggle.

Australia has overtaken France in China

For years the French have dominated China, but in 2017 Australia has now become Chins, main wine supplier.

Is Australia cashing in on China with supply problems in Europe?

China now accounts for 33% of all of Australia's exported wine, rising by a whopping 68% in 2017.

China prefers wines with corks over screw caps

98.6% of Urban Chinese prefer wines with corks over screw caps.

London plays host to the first Chinese wine tasting

London held its first Chinese focused wine tasting on Wednesday, with the IWSC showing of the medal winners from its Asian competition.

Australia over takes France into second place with the second highest average export bottle price

Australian wine sales, particularly to China, have been booming in the 1st Quarter of 2018. The boom has seen Australia’s average export bottle price rise to £3.70 ahead of France at £3.03.

America trade war with China has some lessons for Brexit

US wine exports to China grew by 14% from January to June despite a trade war, this gives us an insight into what might happen with Brexit.

The new world is getting old, while the old world is new

In 2019, New Zealand one of the darlings of the New World, will celebrate 200 years of making wine. Is 200 still New?

China responds to Trump trade war by increasing tariffs of US wine

China has raised tariffs on £60bn worth of US goods including a 15% increase in the tariff on wine.

China's top three on-trade suppliers by country

China’s wine sales in restaurants and bars were released in Wine Business Solutions latest report.

Coronavirus starts to impact the wine industry as key players warn of profits drop

Treasury Wine Estates and Diageo have both warned that profits will be below target from a drop off in sales in China.

Penfolds has finally registered its Penfolds/Ben Fu trademark in China

Penfolds has finally registered its Penfolds brand name in China. The Ben Fu trade mark has taken Penfolds 25 years to be registered.

China flexes muscle to put Australian wine producers under pressure

Importers of Australian wine are cancelling orders over confusion on whether Australian wine is banned in the country.

China gets nasty with Australian wine imports

China has effectively banned Australian wine, coal and beef after relations between the two countries soured due to Australian calls for a full investigations into the cause of Covid-19.

China continues to escalate trade dispute with Australia

China adds another 6.3-6.4% duty to Australian wine as it continues to complain about the dumping of Australian wine. The small increase in duty is not thought to be material considering the 107.1-212.1% duty already levied on Australian wines.

South Africa chronic oversupply could be golden news for UK drinkers

South Africa’s wine industry has had a bad Covid-19 pandemic, temporary export bans and on again, off again prohibition has resulted in a 300m litre wine lake, but who is going to drink it up?

WSET forced to stop running courses in China

The WSET has had to shut down all courses in China with immediate effect. Students who were about to take exams have been stopped mid-course.

China continues crackdown on Australian wine with sales falling 98%

China’s crackdown on Australian wine exports has been heavy handed and dramatic with sales falling of a cliff edge. Down 98% from US$158 million in October 2020 to just US$4 million in December.

Sutton Coldfield shop loses licence to sell alcohol after counterfeit wines found on the premises

KVK Supermarket in Sutton Coldfield lost its licence to sell alcohol after trading standards were called in when shoppers complained of strange tasting wines from Casella Brands, the people behind Yellow tail.

Treasury Wine Estates announces restructure amid claims it will try and stay meaningful in China

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE), one of Australia's leading wine companies with wineries in Australia and the US, announced its new company structure, while claiming that it hopes to keep a “meaningful presence” in China.

Australian exports to China fall by AU$313m in four months

China’s import tariff on Australian wines has led to a collapse in sales from AU$325m to AU$12m in the four months of December 2020 to March 2021.

Australia takes China to the World Trade Organisation

This week Australia formally complained to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) about China's punitive tariffs on Australian wines.

Profits at Australian wine giant Treasury hold up after China’s punitive tariffs on Australia

Profits at Treasury Wine Estates, owners of Penfolds, Wolf Blass, 19-Crimes and Lindemans, held up in the face up Covid-19 and punitive tariffs by the Chinese government to record only a small drop in profits of 0.4%

WSET student numbers recover to the highest level ever despite Covid-19 and Chinese government ban

The latest WSET academic year for 2020/21 has seen 108,584 students undertake WSET courses, a new record despite Covid 19 and the Chinese government's blanket ban on all courses run in their country.

WSET starts trading again in China, just in time for new CEO Michelle Brampton

WSET starts trading again in China, just in time for new CEO Michelle Brampton. In January 2021 WSET had to suspend all courses and exams in mainland China after falling foul of Chinese laws.

Australia’s wine sales down by AUS$1 billion in China after tariffs imposed

A year after China implemented swinging tariffs on Australian wine the effect resulted in 93% decline in sales to AUS$29 million, a drop amounting to almost AUS$1 billion.

Australian wine exports fall by 26%

Australian wine exports fall on the back of China tariffs, reduced vintages and international freight problems.

Penfolds to launch Chinese wine

Penfolds is to launch a wine made in China to get around China's punitive taxes on Australia

WSET courses back on in China

The WSET is to resume courses in China after being suspended in January 2021. China had been one of WSET largest markets with 90 course providers.

Is China losing its love affair with wine?

China has historically been one of the largest producers of wine in the world, ranked 5th in 2015 when production stood at 1.7 billion bottles of wine. Production has dropped every year since 2015 and had halved by 2021.

Anna Lopez Lidon of Gramona on Cava

Anna Lopez Lidon is the export manager at Gramona, a Cava producer in Penedes, Spain. We discuss how Cava is produced, the dosage and the debate over international vs local grape varieties.

Nyetimber sparkles in International Wine & Spirit Competition

An amazing 96% of English wines were awarded medals in this year’s International Wine & Spirit Competition

Sovio sources from US to get round EU anomaly

Sovio has relaunched by sourcing the grapes from California rather than Spain.

Drinkers set world record sip

Wetherspoon has broken the record for the world’s largest wine tasting.

Drinkers set world record sip

Wetherspoon has broken the record for the world’s largest wine tasting.

Chinese oak barrels, made in Spain

A Spanish cooper in Rioja is making barrels out of Chinese oak and supplying winemakers in the region for trials.

Pancho Campo MW resigns from Spanish Wine Academy

Pancho Campo MW has resigned as president of the Spanish Wine Academy after a Madrid journalist discovered an arrest warrant for him on the Interpol website.

Spanish scientists working on 'electronic tongue'

UK 2nd biggest market for Spain

Figures show that the UK is Spain's second biggest export market, behind Germany.

Rioja harvest in but much smaller than normal.

Exceptionally hot weather has made for an early harvest full of potential but reduced in quantity.

World 2013 Harvest Round Up

2013 harvesting begins across the globe what effect on pricing ?

Torres discovers new grape variety

Spanish wine producer preserves native Catalan grape varieties

Rioja has record-breaking sales

Sales of Rioja have broken a previous record set before the economic downturn, by selling 277 million litres in 2013.

Spain to restructure following wine glut

Spain to restructure its wine industry

Woman dies in vat of wine

Winemaker overcome by fumes falls to her death in vat of wine

Top level tier announced for Cava

New single source vineyard guarantee for Cava will be introduced in the sprng.

What Brits are drinking when out

Report shows which wines Brits are drinking when out.

Priorat bids for world heritage site but a shortage of grapes mean demand cannot be satisfied.

Catalan wine producers in Spain are pressing ahead with a bid to have Priorat recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

China 2nd largest wine grower

China strive to become self sufficient in wine and become 2nd largest grower of grapes

Australia knocked off the top spot for online sales

Report on UK online wine sales shows top 5 country sources

French empty Spanish wine onto the road

French winegrowers furious at quantity of Spanish wine being imported.

Southern Spain too hot to invest

Torres announces reluctance to invest in too hot Southern Spain.

Cava announces new premium category Cava del Paraje

New premium Cava classification officially launched.

Bulk Wine shortage predicted

2016 harvest means potential global shortage of bulk wine.

CRAV are at it again destroying wines people want

French Terrorist attack Spanish wine while police look on.

2017 shortfall in wine production

2017 wine production is down overall by 8% around the world. France, Italy and Spain, which produce half the world's wine, have been hit by severe frosts and fires.

The French prosecute wine producers who have been passing off Spanish rosé wine as French

Around 5 million of bottles of Spanish rosé wine imported into France, have been sold as French wine.

Wine Scholar Guild launches new Spanish wine course

Wine Scholar Guild has launched a new Spanish wine course, to accompany its French and Italian courses

Tempranillo becomes Spain's most planted grape variety

Plantings of Airén have fallen 40% since 2000 while Tempranillo has grown by 70% in the same time period.

Rioja rivals granted new Vineyards of Alava appellation

Rioja rivals are granted new Vineyards of Alava appellation (PDO) but it overlaps with Rioja, who are not happy.

UK bucks global Cava sales trend

Cava sales are up worldwide but Britain still moving away from Cava

Is China losing its love affair with wine?

China has historically been one of the largest producers of wine in the world, ranked 5th in 2015 when production stood at 1.7 billion bottles of wine. Production has dropped every year since 2015 and had halved by 2021.

CRAV assault in Carcassonne

French wine terrorist group CRAV continue assault on free trade this time blowing up a government building in Carcassonne.

2000 year old liquid wine found in Spain

While residue of older wines have been found before, this is the first time liquid wine of this age has been discovered.

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