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Practical notes on importing wine into China — written for anyone choosing a logistics partner, or stuck on paperwork.
Practical notes on importing wine into China — written for anyone choosing a logistics partner, or stuck on paperwork.
From 16 March 2027, GB 7718-2025 requires everything visible on an imported wine’s label, including foreign-language text, to comply with Chinese rules. What No added sulphites, Sulphite-free, Zero sugar and health claims mean for wineries and importers.
Read the article →Under GB/T 17204—2021, “alcohol-free wine” means a dealcoholized wine below 0.5% vol — not zero. What dealcoholized, low-alcohol and alcohol-free each cover, how the alcohol is removed, and which number to verify before a Chinese label review.
Read the article →An early harvest in a hot year does not mean the wine will be richer, or the fruit riper. When you taste an arriving 2026, don't stop at alcohol and concentration — look for green, unresolved tannin and for herbaceous notes of grass or bell pepper.
Read the article →The same pallets, stored two different ways. When duty falls due, whether you can still re-export, and where the Chinese label gets applied — all of it changes.
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