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Asia's largest wine fair kicks off in Hong Kong

Asia's largest wine fair kicked off in Hong Kong Thursday, attracting nearly 1,000 wine producers from around the world as the southern Chinese city cements its position as a key international wine hub. The Hong Kong International Wi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn Wine Sale Nets Nearly $13 million

Sotheby's Hong Kong two-day wine sale of the autumn season concluded with a combined total of $12.7 million. The two sales - The Classic Cellar from A Great American Collector VIII and Finest & Rarest Wines, including the Ultimate Nin [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Lafite in Hong Kong: The price of provenance

After yesterday's drama of sky high prices at the Sotheby's Hong Kong auction, today's developments began to add some context to the numbers. Firstly, a reminder of how things looked overnight. This table shows the difference [...]

Posted On : Nov, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Lafite prices spiral at record Sotheby's Hong Kong auction

Asian bidders paid stratospheric prices for prized bottles sent directly from Château Lafite Rothschild's cellars in a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong today. Three bottles of 1869 Lafite Rothschild became the world&rsq [...]

Posted On : Oct, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Hong Kong's wine boom

My Air New Zealand flight from Heathrow to Hong Kong is awash with wine merchants. Since the Hong Kong SAR Government abolished all import duty and taxes on wine last year. British merchants and auction houses have been falling over themse [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Focus on Hong Kong as fine wine market looks east

Just weeks after Hong Kong scrapped a 40 percent duty on wine this year, American entrepreneur and oenophile Stephen Bachmann flew here to investigate business opportunities. This autumn Bachmann, who runs a fine wine company in San Franci [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Fine wines under the hammer in Hong Kong as Asia glugs away

Hong Kong was set on Thursday to hold its first wine auction since it scrapped duty on the tipple, the latest sign of how Asia's growing thirst for fine vintages is powering the global industry. International auction house Bonhams will hos [...]