On Saturday, Mr. St. Pierre presided over the opening of a five-story mansion in Shanghai's leafy former French Concession area dedicated to wine connoisseurship. ASC spent 28 million yuan ($4.5 million) on the sumptuous members-only club that was conceived when China's economy was booming.

Vinitaly International and US auction house Zachys are to host an auction in Hong Kong dedicated to Italian wines later this month.

Chateau de Pic in the Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux, Chateau l'Enclos in Sainte Foy la Grande and Chateau Patarabet in Saint Emilion are the latest Bordeaux estates to reportedly pass into the hands of Asian investors.

Wine exports rose to 469 million liters (124 million U.S. gallons) in the year ending April 30, up 25 percent from the previous 12 months and more than triple the total shipped in 2000, data from the Wines of South Africa trade body, or WOSA, show.

Moet Hennessy, the wine and spirits division of the French luxury group LVMH, has launched a new winery in Deqin county, in Yunnan province, and officials said the company is planning to boost its presence further in China

Christie's is capitalising on the thirst for wealthy Chinese consumers to buy wineries by opening the world's first estate agency for would-be vineyard buyers

Australian winery Bleasdale at Langhorne Creek has been partially bought by Australian and Chinese investors.

"Quality Gap Is Still Significant" Between Chinese And Imported Wine

Family Winemakers of California (FWC) and Stonebridge Research Group LLC have been awarded an Emerging Market Program grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a roadmap on how to sell California fine wines in the Chinese market.

A combination of Australian and Chinese investors will buy almost half of Bleasdale at Langhorne Creek - one of Australia's oldest wineries.

Through a cruel coincidence, the habitats of China's giant pandas also happen to be the country's best potential land for wine vineyards, and a turf war has started between the bear-protectors and the Bordeaux-pushers.

Jeannie Cho Lee MW casts a skeptical eye over the French wine market in China.

Project to generate sales and marketing approach for California fine wines.

Children, I have two things to say to you. The first is that you shouldn't be reading this column, since our society believes in keeping young people away from alcohol until they're too old to learn to consume it moderately; the second is that if you ever doubt that you can make a thing true just by saying it with sufficient conviction, look at China.

Jeannie Cho Lee MW has picked out two main shifts within Germany's wine industry that she predicts could have an important positive effect on the country's fortunes, especially in Asia.

Nyetimber, a UK-based winery that produces sparkling wines, has partnered with premier wine distributor Enoteca of Tokyo to export its wines to Japan from June 2013.

Kweichow Moutai Company Limited (KMCL), a China-based state-owned enterprise specializing in the production and sales of Maotai or Baijiu liquor, is set to purchase Chateau Loudenne wine estate of France.

English wine producer Nyetimber has announced plans to export to Japan from June this year.

Exports of higher-priced Australian wine to China and the US are growing, according to new figures - but the industry remains cautious in the face of the strong Australian dollar.

A previous column reviewed Tibetan Dry wines from Shangri-La Winery. This column will focus on the Yunnan Red Wine Company based in Mi Le, near Yunnan's capital of Kunming.