Hong Kong’s cup overflows as Chinese get a taste for high-class wines

A woman tastes red wine at the Hong Kong international wine fair earlier this month. The fair attracted 700 exhibitors from 30 regions. Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

  The clink of glasses; the swoosh of ruby liquid. They are welcome sounds to many – but in Hong Kong, the authorities enjoy them perhaps even more than the drinkers.   As the economic crisis rippled across the globe two years ago, the territory’s leaders slashed its 40% wine duty to zero. Their aim was not … Read more

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