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Crurated Announces Exclusive Availability of Vintage Collection Wines from Domaine Robert Groffier for Both Private Buyers and Restaurants Globally

LONDON, Oct. 16, 2023 (Korea Bizwire) – Crurated, the London-based membership wine community designed to connect connoisseurs with world-class producers, announces the availability of vintage collection wines from Domaine Robert Groffier. The collection will be sold exclusively to members of the Crurated community and will be available globally for private buyers and restaurants. The Groffier [...]

S. Korea’s Imports of Wine Up 3.8 pct in 2022

SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of wine rose 3.8 percent in 2022 from a year earlier, data showed Sunday, as more people enjoyed consuming alcoholic beverages at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The total value of wine imported by South Korea last year came to US$581.2 million, according to the data [...]

Crurated Raises $7.2 MM to Further Innovate Blockchain-Based Wine Community and Expand Market Reach

LONDON, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Crurated, the London-based membership wine community designed to connect connoisseurs with world-class producers, today announced that the company has raised $7.2 MM from a group of private investors. The money will be used to further evolve the technology platform, expand producer partnerships beyond France and Italy, and increase overall market [...]

Crurated Launches First of its Kind Virtual Cellars for Gifting French and Italian Wines This Holiday Season and Beyond

LONDON, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — With an eye on innovation in the wine industry, Crurated, a blockchain and member-based wine community, has launched virtual cellars for gifting wines this holiday season and beyond. This first of its kind program lets members gift French and Italian fine wines from the platform that are stored in [...]

Winners of the Wine Pinnacle Awards 2022 Recognised at Resorts World Sentosa

SINGAPORE, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The prestigious black-tie soirée, the Wine Pinnacle Awards Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony 2022 celebrated 18 winners of the second edition of Wine Pinnacle Awards presented by Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). The most coveted title of ‘Technical Committee’s Choice’ was presented unanimously to Barbara Banke, Chairman and Proprietor of Jackson Family [...]

Just in Time for the Holidays Crurated Announces More Fractional Barrel Auctions Backed by NFT Technology with Winemakers Across France and Italy

LONDON, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – With the holiday and gift giving season right around the corner, Crurated, a blockchain and member-based wine community, has released a new barrel auction calendar for the remainder of 2022. The offering features some of the finest winemakers from France and Italy and extends the fractional barrel sales after a [...]

Retail Giants Vie to Secure Rare Premium Wines

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail giants are stepping up efforts to secure rare premium wines as the domestic wine market is growing at a rapid pace. Lotte Department Store recently hired a string of professional wine sommeliers specialized in sourcing premium foreign wines differentiated from the other wines popular in the [...]

Crurated Becomes the First Blockchain and Member-Based Wine Community to Offer Fractional Barrel Sales Backed by NFT Technology

LONDON, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Wine futures, sometimes called En Primeur, is a way to buy the most highly-sought after wines before they are bottled and released on the market. Crurated, a blockchain and member-based wine community, is taking this concept to the next level with new technology that offers provenance as well as [...]

Wine Promotions Popular at Seoul Hotels

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hotels in Seoul are coming up with various wine festivals for the first time since the end of social distancing measures as they welcome the autumn season. The JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul is hosting the 2022 Wine and Busker festival for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]

KAIST Develops Biocompatible Adhesive Using Tannic Acid in Wine

DAEJEON, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Thursday it had developed an innovative adhesive by mixing wine’s tannic acid with a biocompatible high polymer. Mixing a soluble high polymer with tannic acid generates a coacervate that is sticky like a jelly. The [...]