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Bordeaux is N°1 wine in Hong Kong
As the Wine & Dine Festival is starting in Hong Kong for this digital and offline 2020 edition. We can see that Bordeaux is still N°1 wine in Hong Kong … VK : How do you see Hong Kong in a few years as China is getting more and more …
Vinexpo New York 2021 is cancelled !
Diversified Communications and Vinexposium, organizers of Vinexpo New York, the premier wine and spirits trade event in North America, have reluctantly determined that due to ongoing health and safety issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become necessary to cancel the February 3-4, 2021 event. The trade-only event will …
ProWein will run from March 19th to 23rd, 2021
ProWein 2021 extended to 5 days on account of Covid-19. The world leading wine trade fair will run from March 19th to 23rd, 2021, for 5 days, with limited 10.000 visitors per day. The current COVID-19 hygiene and safety provisions require ProWein to be extended by two to five days …
The Futures give colors back again to Bordeaux !
The tastings of the 2019 Futures (Primeurs) from Bordeaux, with the lockdown and absence of the 6.000 international buyers, were delayed in June. With this exceptional relocation, e-tastings and tastings start again. If the general atmosphere expected a price drop of 20%, we can already note a drop of between …
Château d’Esclans, success story in Provence !
Château d’Esclans, leader of Provence rosé wines on the US market with its Whispering Angel cuvée was strengthened with the alliance of Moët Hennessy signed in last November (read the M&A article in the N ° 3950 RVI from November-December 2019). After the Château du Galoupet, acquired by LVMH in …
« Château Fourcas Hosten has cast a spell on me »
Poh Tiong Ch’ng nous parle de Fourcas Hosten : « Château Fourcas Hosten has cast a spell on me ! » Notre ami Poh Tiong Ch’ng, le Mister wine de Singapour (Wine Review) nous parle des Primeurs et du Château Fourcas Hosten, de la finesse de ses vins blancs et …
Bordeaux Futurs 2019 with Château Smith Haut Lafitte
Under the current sanitary circumstances, we are not able this year to make any tastings in the estates until further notice. And as such, we will not be able to introduce 2019 « en Primeurs » as scheduled. Still, regardless of the actual situation, as the old latin adage says : “Farm from …
State of the global vitivinicultural sector in 2019
Speaking today from the OIV’s headquarters in Paris, by web conference, Managing director Pau Roca presented this April 23rd, the global wine production, consumption and international trade in 2019. The impact of Covid-19 in the sector was also highlighted. The surface area of the world vineyard is estimated at 7.4 mha, stable since 2016. World …
Wine delivery in New York and London, the show must go on !
Today London is launching a wine delivery service. Out of the Covent Garden wine bar La Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels, they are shipping Champagne, Burgundy, Côte Rôtie, Bordeaux and anything you fancy… In London, the Sommelier Roman Jaën at La Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels has curated seven series of interesting wines to be delivered …
ProWine Asia (Singapore) to be postponed to March 2021
The 3rd edition of ProWine Asia (Singapore) scheduled for 13-16 July 2020 will be postponed to 2-5 March 2021. The region’s leading wines and spirits trade fair, ProWine Asia (Singapore) is jointly organised by Messe Düsseldorf Asia and Informa Markets, and will co-locate once again with FHA-Food & Beverage at …