The feast of the year
[2016-02-06 08:06]Weeks ahead of the Spring Festival every year, millions of Chinese migrant workers around China embark on the trip back to their home towns in order to partake in the family reunion dinner.
Spring Festival fare you'll find on Shanghai tables
[2016-02-06 08:06]Food has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries.
Chinese New Year taboos in Shanghai
[2016-02-06 08:06]In Shanghai culture, tofu is a food that's usually offered to the friends and relatives of a deceased person during the wake and is hence regarded as an inauspicious thing to have on the dining table during the first 15 days of the Lunar New Year.
Chinese liquor baijiu takes a shot at the US cocktail scene
[2016-01-23 06:57]Think bourbon is hot? It's got nothing on baijiu.
All hail the modern-day conquistadors
[2016-01-23 06:56]Spanish wine is set to come in second behind French wine in terms of foreign wine consumed in China last year.
Wines that get straight to the point
[2016-01-23 06:56]Streamlined distribution is putting good drops from Down Under within reach of Chinese buyers.
Let the good times flow again
[2016-01-23 06:56]Stung by the government's austerity drive, the wine industry has been forced to re-evaluate how it does business.
Comfort food for the soul in winter
[2016-01-09 09:10]The chestnuts in Shanghai are no different in look and taste, but what sets them apart is the massive popularity they enjoy among the locals.
Corked? Fine wines languish in warehouses as consumers cool
[2015-12-26 10:33]The crates of Chateau Brehat wine from Bordeaux had gathered dust for three years in a bonded warehouse on the outskirts of Shanghai before the owners cut their losses in July, slashing three-quarters off the $50 price tag.
Climate change is good news for English wine
[2015-12-26 10:13]While climate change menaces vineyards in southern Europe, English winemakers are raising a toast to warming weather as it improves their wines and has helped revive an ancient tradition.
Second 'gin craze' sweeps london
[2015-12-05 08:01]Drink once promoted as an alternative to French brandy enjoying a renewal NAOMI O'LEARY
