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James Suckling joins MasterClass to teach wine appreciation

American wine critic James Suckling has just been announced as the latest expert to join the popular online education programme, MasterClass, which boasts an array of seminars led by top figures in their field on subjects such as acting, directing, cooking, architecture, and now wine appreciation.

Survey finds high levels of binge drinking in HK

A survey by the Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society has found that almost half the number of Hongkongers who consumed alcohol between August and November went binge drinking at least once.

The week in pictures: Hong Kong

This week in Hong Kong’s drinks trade: the Great Wines of Italy Asia tour returns; Japan’s leading winery Château Mercian stages a masterclass with Jeannie Cho Lee MW and Kenichi Ohashi MW; and Bordeaux’s 2015 vintage comes to the fore at this year’s UGCB tasting.

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The Drinks Business Asian Awards 2018: the winners

Here we present all the winners in the second-edition of the drinks business Asian Awards, which recognised the leading companies and personalities that have shaped and changed Asia’s drinks industry in 2018.

The facts about China’s e-commerce market

The week in pictures: Hong Kong

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Vine art

We celebrate the skill that goes into creating non-vintage Champagne

Just for picks

France’s 2018 harvest could produce a sublime vintage

Fun of the fair

All the things to taste and see at this year’s HKTDC showpiece

Recent Magazine Articles

In the magazine: Rich Pickings

After suffering in previous years, 2018’s harvest in France looks likely to produce a bumper crop. Rupert Millar finds out how the country’s key wine regions fared against Mother Nature this year.

Oregon: Game of Thrones

If Napa Valley is considered the King of American Cabernet Sauvignon, why can’t the Willamette Valley be crowned Queen of US Pinot Noir? Roger Morris reports on a coronation in the making.

Lisbon Story

The Douro and Alentejo are probably the first wine areas that spring to mind when it comes to Portugal, but the products of the Lisbon area have many virtues to recommend them.

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The Asian Sparkling Masters 2018

Deadline : 10th Jan 2019

The Asian Cabernet Sauvignon Masters 2019

Deadline : 1st Feb 2019

The Asian Chardonnay Masters 2019

Deadline : 1st Mar 2019

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Pink Rosé Festival

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7th Feb 2019

Wine Paris

Paris,France

11th Feb 2019

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11th Mar 2019

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Freixenet releases non-alcoholic sparkling wine range

6 drinks books that make ideal stocking fillers

Hundreds of Santas descend on New York for SantaCon bar crawl

Spirits

Hull distillery campaigns for heritage trawler’s final voyage

Constellation to invest $100m in female-run companies

10 of London’s most festive cocktails

Beer

LG enters beer industry with home-brewing device

Professor Brian Cox releases cosmic brew

Brewery builds 27ft Christmas tree out of beer kegs

Rescuing Chile’s old vines and the search for ancient abandoned vineyards

After 17 years working across Chile as an agricultural engineer and founder of andeswines.com, Maximiliano Morales presents the results of his research on the rescue of old vines in Chile onboard the National Geographic Explorer Expedition Ship.

by Max Morales