Yasuda is less than optimistic about prices for the 2006 vintage. 'The quality was good to excellent for some chateaux, but not homogenous. I had many discussions with owners and negociants while in Bordeaux, and I got the feeling that with the new markets like China and the Middle East, Japan, the UK and other traditional markets are less important to them.

19-04-2007 |  164 Hit(s) | (0 vote)

About 140 children and their teachers are in hospital after sulfur dioxide discharge by a plant in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
A chemical plant, which produces triple superphosphate (TSP), a chemical fertilizer, at the Xiaozhaiba Township of Xifeng County, discharged a huge amount of sulfur dioxide into sky on Monday morning, said Huang Yonghui, executive deputy head of the county.

18-04-2007 |  139 Hit(s) | (0 vote)

Liu Shijun, deputy director from the Management Division of China National Tourism Administration, has told local media that there are 1107 high star grade hotels currently under construction in China, of which 554 are five-star hotels.

17-04-2007 |  137 Hit(s) | (0 vote)

Fifty-seven people were poisoned when having breakfast on Thursday morning in a restaurant in east China's Zhejiang Province.

02-04-2007 |  109 Hit(s) | (0 vote)

Recently, China Customhouse released the data of imported wine of 2006. From the data we can see, imported bottled wine and bulk wine occupied 4.1% and 17.9% separately of the total of wine consumption in China, 1.7% and 8.1% more than that to the corresponding period in 2005.

In 2006, from January to December, the imported bottled wine was 20.442 thousand tons, an increase of 97.7% more than that to the same term in 2005. The average price was USD 3.840 per ton, a decrease of 0.6% less than that in 2005. The imported bulk wine was 89.313 tons, an increase of 108.7% more than that to the corresponding period in 2005. But, the price of it decreased 22.4% less than that in 2005. The average of it was just USD 556 per ton.

Imported bottled wine and imported bulk wine all increased at a high speed, but the price was lower than that to the corresponding period.

24-03-2007 |  170 Hit(s) | (0 vote)