SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been reported that convenience store wine is gaining popularity among men in their 30s. The wine is cost effective, with bottles selling for as little as 10,000 won ($8.87). Sales data from GS25, a convenience store operated by GS Retail Co., offers additional confirmation. Of all the [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The first Memorandum of Understanding between the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) and Bordeaux Greats Events — Office de Tourisme et des Congrès de Bordeaux Métropole on Wine and Food Tourism Promotion (MoU) was signed yesterday (16 June 2018) at the Bordeaux Wine Festival to further strengthen [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s wine imports increased at the fastest pace in four years in 2017 on the back of strong demand for white and sparkling wines and mini wines targeting a rising number of single-person households, government data showed Saturday. South Korea imported $210 million worth of wines in 2017, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean rice wine holds a higher concentration of proteins, vitamins, citric acid and other components than sake or wine, a study by the Tokyo University of Agriculture has found. The results were explained at a press conference held at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo on November 16. “Tokyo [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Daejeon Convention Center will host the 5th Asian Wine Trophy convention until August 30, as 130 jurors from 24 countries will attend to test over 4,000 wines of 32 different nationalities. The convention held in Daegu is the sister event of the ones held in Portugal and Germany. [...]
YEONGDONG, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Wineries in Yeongdong County are delighted with a recent move by the National Tax Service (NTS) to revise the current law on mail order sales of liquor. Yeongdong is Korea’s largest producer of wine, home to around 1,800 hectares of vineyard and some 40 wineries, but sales faced limitations [...]
GWANGMYEONG, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Gwangmyeong Cave, located in the southwest of Seoul, used to be a storage facility for pickled shrimp, and before that, a gold mine. But recently, it was transformed into a multi-attraction wine tunnel following its purchase by the city of Gwangmyeong in 2011. The 2.2-kilometer tunnel has since become [...]
SEOUL, Feb.3 (Korea Bizwire) – Those in the wine industry expect that the consumption of wine among Koreans will continue to rise. According to a report issued by VINEXPO and the International Wine and Spirits Research Center (IWSR), the consumption of wine among Koreans in 2019 will increase by 16.2 percent compared to 2015. This [...]
YEONGDONG, Jan.26 (Korea Bizwire) – A ‘Wine Café’ will open at the traditional market in Yeongdong, Chungbuk Province, which has been designated as a special industrial zone for the production of grapes and wine. The local government plans to invest 200 million won to open a wine café next to the parking lot of the [...]
SEJONG, Dec.28 (Korea Bizwire) – As people start to avoid heavy drinking and turn their preference towards softer alcoholic beverages, the consumption of beer in Korea has increased while the consumption of soju has gone downhill. According to an investigation conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food [...]