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Majestic Wine is reportedly looking to sell its entire UK retail portfolio to focus on its international e-commerce business, Naked Wines. Bankers at Rothschild have been contacting private equity firms to buy the British bricks-and-mortar business, which…
Online wine retailer Vinomofo has partnered with US wine media mogul Gary Vaynerchuk to bring the inaugural wine from his label, Empathy Wines, to its customers in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. The wine, which Vinomofo is launching this month, is…
For the first time in Singapore, come drink and be merry as you learn from some of the best natural winemakers at the Vivent Les Vins Libre (VLVL) Festival 2019. Meaning “Live Free Wine”, the Les Vivent les Vins Libres is a collective of natural winemakers…
DFS Group (DFS), the world’s leading luxury travel retailer, in partnership with Changi Airport Group, will host its eighth annual Masters of Wines and Spirits event in Singapore at the end of March. The most celebrated and prestigious event in the industry,…
Nestled in the upmarket suburb of Dogok, Seoul, sits the newly opened reinvention of Emart’s “Star Super”: “the SSG Food Market”, designed by Landini Associates. Emart is the leading business of the Shinsegae group, the largest retailer in South Korea,…
French luxury group LVMH is suing a wine merchant in Hong Kong over an alleged trademark infringement.bThe plaintiffs are suing over a wine range named “XLV”, established in collaboration between Cuvee XLV French Wine and Quentin-Louis, the son of fifth…
The Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Commerce venture House of Peru has opened a store in Beijing. The outlet, which opened in Shimao Gongsan Plaza, Sanlitun, serves as a promotional platform for products from the South American nation as well as to popularise…
Online marketplace startup Winery Philippines has raised an undisclosed amount in a new round of financing. It says it will use the cash to boost its sales and marketing efforts and grow its customer and vendor base. The second round of funding, backed by a…
In the US, these cellar ‘starter packs’ range from a simple introductory cellar costing US$5,000 to a collection costing US$25,000, with two further options in-between; while only two options are, currently, available in Hong Kong. The number of wines, choice…
The practice of dining together and sharing plates is something Asian and Spanish cultures have in common. So Spanish winemaker Alejandro Garcia Lopez, director of Rioja winery Vina Pomal, wanted to make a wine to suit the shared dining experience in Asia. He…
China’s wine market is as riddled with pitfalls as it is exciting. The Chinese thirst for wine is notoriously insatiable with both money and growth fueling it, this has created a thriving market – but one that definitely has its own peculiar set of…
Online wine retailer Vinomofo will launch a click and collect service tomorrow in the lead up to Christmas. The service will operate from the company’s Bridge Street warehouse in Port Melbourne and will be open 9-5 Monday to Friday for customers to collect…
China’s demand for wine has surged as a result of the continuing expansion of the middle class across the mainland, the newsletter of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. This has led to the number of e-commerce sites and apps specialising in wine sales…
Vinomofo co-founder Justin Dry says a recent deal between payment giant Stripe and Chinese digital wallet providers Alipay and WeChat Pay is “very welcome news” for its Asian expansion plans. Stripe announced yesterday that its customers will now have access…
Trade Minister Enggartiasto “Enggar” Lukita has floated the idea of requiring Australian wine sold in Indonesia to pass halal certification and use plain packaging in retaliation for the neighboring country “undermining” the selling of Indonesian tobacco and…
Accolade Wines will be introducing an enhanced portfolio to visitors at the upcoming TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition (Basement 2, J5) following the acquisition of six wine brands from Australia: Petaluma, Croser, St Hallett, Knappstein, Stonier and Tatachilla.…
