Proteins for dry blending

24-Feb-2021 By Orange Wang

rla Foods Ingredients has launched a new dry-blend protein ingredient which helps infant formula manufacturers reduce production costs while guaranteeing safety and quality.

China’s food security at core of Beijing’s new five-year rural-revitalisation plan

23-Feb-2021 By Orange Wang

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs says China must ‘speed up innovations’ in the seed industry to help feed the nation’s 1.4 billion people

China focus: Health foods registration developments, probiotics and beauty in the spotlight

19-Feb-2021 By Tingmin Koe

In this round-up, we look at new developments concerning health foods registration regulations and the NPD efforts companies are making in the area of beauty-from-within and probiotics.

‘We expect white truffle orchards in Europe’: French farmers celebrate ‘white diamond’ breakthrough

18-Feb-2021 By Oliver Morrison

Researchers from the French National Institute for Research into Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE) are hoping to buck the trend of falling white truffle production in Europe.

TREASURY WINE ESTATES TO RESTRUCTURE AS CHINA TARIFFS BITE

17-Feb-2021 By Arpit Nayak

Treasury Wine Estates plans a major overhaul of its business that includes the likely sale of low priority brands and other assets, aiming to gain at least A$300 million as it reels from the impact of steep Chinese tariffs on Australian wine.

PANDEMIC LEADS TO SURGE OF INTEREST IN SECOND WINES

15-Feb-2021 By James Lawrence

​The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a surge of interest in the second and third wines of Super Tuscan estates Ornellaia and Tenuta San Guido.

BELGIAN ARTIST CHOSEN FOR ORNELLAIA’S 2018 ART SERIES RELEASE

11-Feb-2021 By Roger Morris

Belgian artist Jan Fabre was chosen by Super Tuscan estate Ornellaia to create a series of bespoke bottle designs for the 2018 vintage release of its Vendemmia d’Artista series.

BORDEAUX INDEX: ‘2020 SAW UNPRECEDENTED BURGUNDY SALES’

10-Feb-2021 By James Lawrence

Fine wine merchant Bordeaux Index has reported “record-breaking” sales of Burgundy in 2020, with classified Bordeaux estates also performing “above expectations.”

DRINK WINE, HAVE SEX, ADVISES LEADING FRENCH DOCTOR

10-Feb-2021 By Patrick Schmitt

A book by former chairman of France’s National Cancer Institute, David Khayat, urges people to enjoy life’s pleasures, from sex to wine, and, as one might imagine, it’s attracting much debate.

CHANGYU TO OPEN A WINE THEME PARK IN SHANGHAI

09-Feb-2021 By Alice Liang

Changyu, China’s oldest and largest winery, is planning to open a wine theme park in Shanghai North Bund this year.

ORNELLAIA ANNOUNCES NEW NAPA PROJECT

05-Feb-2021 By Rupert Millar

Tuscan estate Ornellaia has announced a new venture in California in partnership with Dalla Valle Vineyards, called ‘DVO’.

NINGXIA TO DEVELOP WINE TOURISM INDUSTRY

02-Feb-2021 By Alice Liang

Ningxia, one of the major wine regions in China, is set to integrate tourism into the wine industry in order to raise the profile of the region.

WSET's China saga

01-Feb-2021 By Natalie Wang

What does WSET's China suspension mean for the education provider, and what are the ramifications and reactions so far?

Breaking: WSET suspends operation in China

30-Jan-2021 By Natalie Wang

The WSET, the largest global provider of wines and spirits qualifications, has suspended its operation in China indefinitely, after it was reported that the education provider allegedly failed to comply with the country's education laws and non-governmental organization (NGO) management law.

AUSTRALIAN WINE EXPORTS TO CHINA PLUMMET BY 98%

29-Jan-2021 By Alice Liang

Since China imposed anti-dumping tariffs on Australian wine, the export of Australian wine to China has experienced a drastic drop of 98%.

TANNINS IN WINE COULD HELP TO INHIBIT COVID-19

28-Jan-2021 By Alice Liang

​Research from Taiwan shows that tannins in wine can help fight Covid-19 by effectively inhibiting the activity of two key enzymes within the virus.

​Top ‘bullish’ wines for Chinese Year of Ox

21-Jan-2021 By Natalie Wang

We have rounded up top "bullish" wines from France, Italy, Spain and Australia to ring in upcoming Chinese Year of Ox

Pandemic corks China’s wine market in 2020

25-Jan-2021 By Natalie Wang

China domestic wine production suffered a fifth year drop while wine imports plunged both in volume and value, according to the latest official data.

From 900 million to 6 billion euros of exports: 30 years of “Renaissance” of Italian wine worldwide

10-Sep-2019 By Florence

The American journalist Burton Anderson, awarded by the Grandi Marchi, was the first to tell this story in the 1980s

Health foods filing in China: Only 40 out of 1,800 approved products were from international brands in 2020

19-Jan-2021 By Tingmin Koe

​Over 1,800 health foods were approved via the filing track in China last year. ©Getty Images