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FineWineCollector.com Reports 46% Increase in Online Wine Sales to Asian Markets in 2010

Date posted: December 6, 2010

32% of fine wine sales went to buyers in the Far East to boost online merchant's ecommerce sales in sour economy. Read full story...

The Future in Wine (Hong Kong)

Date posted: December 2, 2010

Jeannie Cho Lee first moved to Hong Kong 17 years ago as a journalist, armed with a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard. Now she’s a master of wine. Read full story...

The Value of a Symbol

Date posted: November 17, 2010

It is amazing what a little figure eight can do. At least, as long as the figure eight comes in the form of Chinese script. Read full story...

Far Eastern Promise

Date posted: June 14, 2010

Asia's appetite for Lafite over the past three years is strongly indicative of the impact the region will have on the fine wine market as a whole. Miles Davis, partner at Wine Asset Managers LLP analyses the subject.

The story of Château Lafite over the last three years has given collectors and investors alike an early insight into the impact that the Far East can have on the fine wine market as a whole. Read full story...

Chinese buy up French wines in New Year Spree

Date posted: May 25, 2010

CHINESE buyers snapped up cases of leading French wines from Chateau Lafite and Chateau Mouton Rothschild in the run-up to Chinese new year, according to data released yesterday. Strong demand from the Far East sent the Liv-ex 100 fine wine index up 2.7 per cent last month, while the Claret Chip index rose by 3.3 per cent, according to the Wine Investment Fund. Read full story...

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