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China Hong Kong, wine market demand is tepid

David BECK AI & Blockchain / Lecturer & Research

The big question is whether Hong Kong will remain the gateway to mainland China

Mainland China and Hong Kong’s wine markets are faced with headwinds as a result of China’s slowing economy and uncertainties of the ongoing US-China trade war. Across the border in Hong Kong, market demand is tepid as well. The problem of Hong Kong is then compounded with months long anti-government protests that dampened the city’s retail sector and hospitality industry.

90% of the surveyed consumers preferred red wines, seeing them as good for health; 50% said they never drink rosé.*

We collected wine lists of 200 Hong Kong restaurants

We have analyzed red wines in Chinese cuisine restaurants.

Hong Kong: leading red wine appellations in Chinese cuisine restaurants

1. Pauillac
2. Margaux
3. Mendoza
4. Barossa Valley
5. Napa Valley

6. Saint-Julien
7. Barolo
8. Marlborough
9. Pomerol
10. Rioja

11. Brunello di Montalcino
12. Saint-Estephe
13. Chateauneuf-du-Pape
14. Chianti Classico
15. Pessac-Leognan

Hong Kong: leading red wine brands in Chinese cuisine restaurants

1. Chateau Haut-Brion
2. Chateau Lafite-Rothschild
3. Chateau Mouton Rothschild
4. Chateau Latour
5. Chateau Lynch-Bages

6. Chateau Margaux
7. Penfolds
8. Chateau Cheval-Blanc
9. Chateau Calon-Segur
10. Chateau Lascombes

11. Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
12. Chateau Talbot
13. Petrus
14. Torbreck
15. Chateau Palmer

Price check program 200 restaurants / 31,161 wines in 2019. Top listed wines 75cl, by presence

*HKTDC