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AdvertisementHong Kong economyHong KongHong Kong EconomyCan Hong Kong mature as a wine hub? French vineyard owner calls for new focusSeventh-generation winemaker Erwan Faiveley encourages city to up logistical and storage services during first post-Covid fact-finding trip
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMP1Oscar LiuPublished: 12:00pm, 28 Dec 2025Hong Kong could enhance its standing as a wine trade hub by further improving its logistics and storage services, according to a seventh-generation French winemaker overseeing a 200-year-old Burgundy estate.
Erwan Faiveley, owner of wine labels Domaine Faiveley and Billaud-Simon, also praised the Hong Kong government’s decision to axe its wine tax in 2008 during his first fact-finding trip to the city and mainland China since the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The greatest thing they’ve done was cutting all taxes,” Faiveley said, calling on the city to now focus on boosting infrastructure to bolster Hong Kong’s wine trading.
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