Wine producers have applied to the Ministry of Commerce demanding investigations into whether European imports are damaging China's domestic market.
Police in Shanghai's Fengxian district have broken a counterfeit ring that produced and sold fake Chateau Lafite Rothschild, one of the most popular wines in China, police said on Aug 16.
Chinese consumers' growing preference for imported wine is expected to pile further pressure on beleaguered domestic wine brands, according to industry analysts.
The income of Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Co Ltd, which has a 120-year history, declined in the first half of 2012 for the first time in the last five years.
Rhone Valley plans to launch promotional campaigns in some major Chinese cities this September to tap into the rapidly growing market, an insider said Monday.
Oenology, a word almost unheard of in China a decade ago, has become an increasingly popular major among young Chinese.
As the global economic downturn hits Western demand for French wines, Chinese buyers are being viewed as the saviors of the industry.
Metropolitan cities like Beijing and Shanghai are seeing a lot of wine-tasting events, organized by major wine-producing countries.
A grape-picking trip to a vineyard in Champagne, France, two years ago sparked Wang Qiuyun's interest in French wines but she never thought she would pursue a career in the subject.
Chinese tourists to France will find a variety of wine-themed tours from the Thursday launch of a wine and culture promotional campaign by a French tourism agency.
China's consumption of alcoholic drinks is expected to reach 84.37 billion liters in 2016. That represents an average annual compound growth rate of 5.9 percent.
A wine company has been dedicated to promoting Argentine wine culture, taking an intoxicating approach to enable people to better understand the Latin American country.
Uruguay has increased its sales of high-value beef cuts in China, finding a niche in a market traditionally dominated by Australia and New Zealand.
American wineries are putting a greater effort in marketing to the Chinese palate.
When China's first coastal chateau for wine was built in Shandong province 10 years ago, few people understood why Changyu Pioneer Wine Co spent such a great sum of money to build it.
Compared with the past two years, Asian buyers' demand for top wines in 2011 fell significantly this year.
The widespread presence of counterfeit Lafite wine in China has pressured its producer to launch a campaign to fight fake products in the country.
China, the world's fifth largest wine consumer, has shown the sign of a cooling wine market.
De Sanctis has found many fake Italian brands, which are popular in China but do not exist in Italy.
It may not be known yet if and when French president-elect Francois Hollande will pay his first official visit to China, but Chinese are already guaranteed the arrival of one famous French export -- wine.