Joyce Yip speaks to representatives from Sotheby’s and Bonhams – both of which have just held eye-opening spirits sales in Hong Kong – to find out. In May, Sotheby’s and Bonhams’ outposts in Hong Kong hosted remarkable spirits sales: the former saw a 95% sell-through rate for its first-ever cognac sale hosted online from May…
Kowloon Spirits has debuted two whiskies, and new technology developed by the company means they took less than two months to make. Joyce Yip reports. Far from a whisky’s oft poetic founding story detailing its pristine water source, small copper stills and ambitious forefathers, Hong Kong-based Kowloon Spirits – which produces a gin and two…
China has excluded the three major spirits giants from its punitive tariffs on Cognac, announced today (4 July). Pernod Ricard, LVMH and Rémy Cointreau have all been spared from China’s duties of up to 34.9% on EU brandy producers. Announced today, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has confirmed anti-dumping tariffs on EU brandy of up…
A live streaming session in China during which the teeth of black dogs were extracted on air “raw and without anaesthesia” in an apparent attempt to ward off evil spirits has sparked public outrage. The online controversy began to unfold on June 12 when an online viewer surnamed Meng, from Jiangsu province in southeastern China,…