Asia Wine Network -- Singapore, China, Korea

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Wine drinker / lover who's living in Asia? Are you an importer looking to bring some fine wines into your market? Or an exporter looking to expand your trade in this growing market. Lets talk wine, and wine people are drinking in the East!

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Wine in Asia -- lets get this ball rolling people

In the wine business, or simply a wine drinker who happens to be looking at this post in Asia? After working and living in China and traveling throughout Asia I know and have seen the potential of the wine markets in the region.

Lets talk Asian wine markets! What's good? What do you notice? Any trends particular to the market you know in Asia?

I am an entrepreneur looking for some honest and good people to do business within Singapore. I have created this discussion as the International Trade Consultant of my company, Mir Global Marketing Co. We specialize in the import/export of wines from the South American country's of Argentina, Chile and Peru.

From what I can tell, Asian markets are seriously lacking in their selections of wines from South America. As a Peruvian-American who's been surrounded by wine loving South Americans from all country's, I know people can grow to enjoy our varieties.

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Comment by raymond ringhoff on November 12, 2011 at 11:49pm: i am a sales associate for a wine distributer in san diego I told my boss that I had been to china did some wine tasting and research said i would research how to get contacts with importers so he could export wines to china and asia he imports wines to san diego sells to retailers I ama sales associate but I am working on this concept he has asked me to go ahead and to see about setting things up my e-mail is ringhoff@hotmail.com so any contact please contact me to get things going talking he imports wine from euroupe and south america and america

Comment by Bennett A. Reiss on October 23, 2009 at 12:46pm: Asia’s wine hubs; Singapore strikes back

When Hong Kong slashed its alcohol taxes to zero last year, it put a dent in Singapore’s attempts to grow as a wine business hub of Asia. Without the huge mainland Chinese market in its backyard, wine businesses have also found it a challenge to grow the local industry, even as Singaporean palates become more sophisticated and the demand for more variety increases.

However, recent activity has shown that the industry is not being stymied by Hong Kong. It has instead found several niche areas that are showing some promise.

Comment by Bennett A. Reiss on October 23, 2009 at 12:45pm: Remy Martin cashing in on China’s growing luxury market

French cognac maker, Remy Martin, is cashing in on China’s growing luxury market. It recently unveiled a rare cask of its “Louis the 13th” cognac in the Chinese city of Guilin.

Remy Martin chose Guilin to debut its limited edition vintage Louis the 13 Rare Cask.

Patrick Piana, CEO, Remy Martin, said: “The launch of Louis XIII rare cask is very important to the brand Louis XIII and the fact that it’s in China is a very important symbol of the future of Louis XIII overall.”

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One consumer said: “Chinese people love wine and cognac hasn’t been promoted in a large scale here in the past however gradually Chinese people will learn to drink good cognac.”

Comment by Bennett A. Reiss on October 22, 2009 at 1:59pm: China Food and Beverage Industry Report 2009

Research and Markets: Revealing the Impact the Global Financial Crisis Has Had on China’s Food and Beverage Industry

In the fist half of 2009, China above-scale food industry accumulatively achieved RMB2.299 trillion of total output value, up 14.76% compared to the same period of last year, of which, the agricultural non-staple food processing industry’s rose 15% to RMB1260.646 billion, the food processing industry’s increased 14.55% to RMB407.909 billion, and the beverage manufacturing industry’s rose 18.92% to RMB348.186 billion.

Impacted by the global financial crisis, the food and beverage industry’s operating revenue changed from rapid growth momentum to downturn in H2 2008. During Jan-Feb 2009, the revenue of the overall food and beverage industry increased only 14% year on year, 23 points lower than that of Jan-Feb 2008, recording new low in recent years. The growth rate in Jan-May 2009 rebounded a little to 15%.

Comment by Bennett A. Reiss on October 22, 2009 at 1:58pm: Alex perhaps this article my company's blog ran a few months ago will shed further light onto this subject.

Wine Descriptions Lost in Translation - Globowines

Comment by Alexandre LECLERCQ on October 21, 2009 at 11:01pm: Hi

It's intersting question. Yes maybe we must to translate the wines description in chinese.
But don't enough time to translate and no chinese people around me.
What do you suggest ?

Comment by LBC on October 21, 2009 at 9:00pm: Hey Alex, would you happen to have the name and description of the wine you sell, in Chinese? The reason I'm asking: I operate a wine review site targeting the greater China demographic, and it'd be great if people can search and learn more about the wine you sell. This, I guess, applies to all of you out there :)

Yes yes, I bit of self-promotion, but really, its a good platform to build brand awareness for you wine in China.

Comment by Alexandre LECLERCQ on June 25, 2009 at 12:32am: Hello

I looking for new contact in Asia. I sell wines from France ans some from Italy and Spain. I work with Hong Kong, but I don't have contact at Shanghai or Singapor.
So, if you are interested contact me and visit the web site : www.cdlt.fr.

Cheers