The exhibitor total more than doubled that of last year's inaugural wine fair.

In an effort to increase participation into the wine segment of major casino chains in Macao, local Portuguese wine importers promoted a wine tasting at the official residence of the Portugal's consul general last Monday.

Aims To Expand Fine Wine Sales Operations

Austrade and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council this week signed an agreement to launch the partnership program at next year's fair.

When you think of a winery, you probably imagine the bucolic Napa Valley or the dangling vineyard grapes in French wine country. So when the top wine experts in the congested city of Hong Kong heard about a new winery in town, they were perplexed.

Hong Kong and New Zealand recently signed a wine co-operation pact - a sign that Asia is increasingly being seen as a growth market for our wineries.

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Commits to Fast Growing Fine Wine Market Hub

The agreement, namely an Arrangement for Co-operation on Wine-related business, was signed by Hong Kong's Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Rita Lau and New Zealand Trade Minister and Associate Foreign Affairs Minister Tim Groser who is visiting Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is mad about wine. According to the city's trade board, Hong Kongers drink more vino per capita than anyone in Asia -- 3.3 liters (111 oz.) per year per person

the three-day Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival, which begins on Oct. 30 on the West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade.

Poor climatic conditions combined with low consumer standards mean China produces little quality wine.

China has been fermenting grains and fruits into "wine" since ancient times. But in the past 15 years, hundreds of vineyards producing Western varietal-grape wines have sprung up. Most are at an embryonic stage by European standards, though that doesn't mean they don't intend one day to rank among the world's great wineries.

Imagine a nation with hundreds of millions of wine drinkers who have more access to spending cash than ever before and a growing taste for the finer things in life.

Thanks to the abolition of import duties, UK has overtaken France as the biggest wine exporter to Hong Kong, based on the export figures of 7 months released by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

How does a burgeoning wine region far from major airports and struggling with basic infrastructure issues such as unfinished roads and ancient plumbing attract tourists and consumers to taste its wine?

Frank Gayaldo is a grape grower and international wine broker who has been integral in marketing Lodi's assortment of wines to China. Gayaldo is the honorary director of international business development for the for the Lodi Chamber of Commerce and has visited China five times.

The Chinese wine-making operation jointly established by Japan's ASAHI BREWERIES LTD. (TSE:2502), MARUBENI CORP. (TSE:8002) and a local brewery began production Wednesday.

From Chinese wine region

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