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"I loved it immediately."In 2012, Bertrand Cristau stood two kilometers high in the snow-capped mountains ofYunnanprovince, in the very spot a French missionary named Jules Dubernard settled in 1865.Dubernard’s book had inspired Cristau, a businessman with 30 years of C…
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As economic growth slows in 2024 and younger consumers appear less enthusiastic towards alcoholic beverages, China’s wine industry faces an uphill battle.Winemakers face a Gen Z problemOne problem faced by wine producers hoping to turn around their fortunes in China is that many …
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Although China’s wine market might appear flat, growing demand for high-end domestic wines suggests a more positive outlook.One of the most volatile corners of China’s luxury market is its wine sector, which has seen stratospheric growth and precipitous decline over the past two…
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Around a decade ago, Chinese wineries seemed poised for greatness. With a rapidly expanding domestic market and more landunder vinesthan France or Italy, observers wondered if the world was witnessing the emergence of a new “wine superpower.”To an extent, those predictions have …
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A year or so ago, I was invited on a peculiar lunch date in the southwestern city of Chengdu. In a room that doubled as a warehouse and a restaurant, my hosts — an influential livestreamer and his young assistants — spent the afternoon energetically hawking bottles of wine. “If…
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This is the first article in a series on China’s changing wine scene.When it opened in 1982, the Beijing Jianguo Hotel offered a rare taste of international luxury to weary business travelers from Hong Kong and around the world. The first partially foreign-invested luxury hotel o…
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The first half of 2022 saw wine imports to China fall significantly from the previous year. As the climate which led to a downturn in consumption completed its metamorphosis in the final month of last year, 2023 brings renewed hope to an industry with massive growth potential.Acco…
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As the landscape of Chinese wines has expanded considerably over the last decade, it’s time to meet the ambitious vintners who are defining the taste of a nationWriting concisely about Chinesewineis much like trying to write about China itself—a task for the foolhardy. This woul…
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Since the early 2010s, much has been made about the growing taste for wine in China. Once solely a commodity for the wealthy in modern China, research documented a climbing craving among the country’s middle class — at its peak in 2014, China beat out France by having the bigges…
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IsChinacapable of producingworld-class wines?Last month, I – along with a small group of luminaries, from the head of a major property company to anOscar-winningmovie director – attended a blind tasting event in Hong Kong to find out.The tasting, organised by Canadian businessm…
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Commissioned by ProWein for the second time, the Geisenheim University has again surveyed more than 2,300 experts in the wine industry from 46 countries on international wine markets, marketing trends, developments in online wine sales and the economic situation. The survey conduc…
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With the mainland set to become the world’s second-largest market by 2020, the East is set to be red, white and rosé, opening up a host of opportunities for vendors and importersWhile the wine industry in China has been booming for years now, the industry is far from the simple …
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Twelve years ago, Marc Curtis started a business with the unlikeliest of propositions: bring tourists to China to try its wine. “When I first started, I would speak to groups in the U.S. and the first question was, ‘Wait, there’s wine in China?’ and the second one was, ‘Lead…
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The importance of brand in the wine industryFor most businesses, brand is crucial because it enables you distinguish your product or service from your competitors.This is especially true in the wine industry where competition is fierce, especially in overseas markets.Protecting yo…
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The Opium Ships at Lintin, China, 1824, by William John HugginsBacchus only knows how much to-and-fro business has gone on between Australian wine leaders and politicians and the authorities and wine buyers of China in the last fortnight.SinceI first wrote of this, the intray has …
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While certainly few of us missed China’s rise to the position of a major economic power, that newly established prowess continues to fight the biased western preconception of wine and China. On the one hand we have the image of the Chinese wine drinker pouring cola in her Chilean…
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This year could be the start of something big for Chinese wine. Sainsbury’s, Wine Rack, Tesco and Berry Bros have taken delivery of the latest vintages, and there will be plenty more coming our way soon. Sceptical? You shouldn’t be: China has the second largest area under vine …
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Chinese wine has come a long way very fast. Although the industry can trace its lineage back to the 2nd century, the past 20 years have seen an astonishing growth in the number of vineyards planted.China has the second largest area under vine after Spain, and an increasingly thirs…
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With the economic boom, China has become one of the biggest spenders on imported goods and services. Previously, Beer and rice alcohol (Baijiu) had been the preferred alcoholic beverages consumed by the Chinese. However, this is changing, especially among the affluent middle class…
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Speaking todbHKprior to his annual Great Wines of the World event in Hong Kong, the flamboyant wine critic revealed a slew of plans that will mark his biggest and most ambitious move yet into mainland China’s vast wine market, with an end goal of creating a Starbucks-esque wine d…
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