At Wines Experience Ho Chi Minh City 2026, a NielsenIQ-supported panel asked what comes next for Southeast Asia’s hospitality and Rượu vang markets. The data was revealing. The answers were more so.

Inside Vinexpo Asia 2026 in Hong Kong: record numbers, the rise of Be Rượu mạnh, and standout producers from Etna to Tasmania, South Africa to Champagne.

At Vinexpo Asia 2026, the UNSIGNED pavilion brought together natural Rượu vang producers from five countries – and Tunisia made its Vinexpo debut.

Nino, 55, is Georgian by birth but spent much of her life in Russia, where she worked as a professional pianist. It was a serious career, a life shaped by discipline, by the pursuit of something internal – maybe a quest of harmony.

Just a train ride away from Tokyo City Center, Ishikawa Brewery is laden in history and traditions. CẦU CELLAR takes you on a visit into the heart of sake and beer brewing.

From a vertical of vintage Port to Korean cheongju and Burgundy vodka: the off-site tastings, Rượu mạnh, and what’s next for Vinexpo Asia.

At Wines Experience Ho Chi Minh City 2026, we sat with three Italian producers: Cantina Maria Faretra from Puglia, Cantina Paltrinieri with their centennial Lambrusco, and Conte Collalto from Conegliano Valdobbiadene – plus a frank conversation about what the Prosecco Tên actually means.

Osaka-born sommelier Yu Yamamoto won the first-ever MICHELIN Sommelier Award in Vietnam for his work at Lua, a hidden Thao Dien Rượu vang bar turned farm-to-table restaurant. We sit down with him to talk about building a Rượu vang list from nothing, the natural Rượu vang debate, and the fast-rising Vietnamese scene.

At Wines Experience Ho Chi Minh City 2026, five sommeliers from Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand asked where Southeast Asia’s Rượu vang market is heading – and shared four bottles that made the point.

CẦU CELLAR was at ProWine Tokyo 2026.
Here’s what we saw, who we met, what we drank, and what we learned.

At Vinexpo Asia 2026, a panel on regenerative viticulture brought together growers from Mendoza, McLaren Vale and Marlborough, and the message from buyers was clear: they want proof, not promises.