It has been a busy January for the tequila industry: first UK drinks maker Diageo teamed up with Sean “Diddy” Combs to buy high-end tequila brand DeLeón, then Justin Timberlake teamed up with Beam Inc. to co-brand a premium tequila of his own. Those two announcements came just a day apart.

Meet Nelson Mandela: global citizen, revolutionary, Nobel laureate and…winemaker.

Wine drinkers suffering whiplash from the good news/bad news/good news/bad news cycle of studies that link wine to cancer (and heart disease and diabetes, etc.)

Is Erik Lorincz the best bartender in the world?

Look closely at the stubs of the cut-off needles on your sea urchin the next time you’re at Hong Kong’s St. George restaurant.

Two weeks ago, a bottle of Rémy Martin cognac — called the Louis XIII Grande Champagne Très Vieille Age Inconnu — sold for 50,000 euros (US$70,155); it was the highest price ever paid for a Rémy Martin.

A collection of Burgundies and Bordeaux that Sotheby’s auction house billed as the ”ultimate wine cellar” sold for a total of US$12.4 million on April 2 and 3 in Hong Kong.

Ahead of next week’s auction of his personal wine collection Sotheby’s Hong Kong,

When should you open that Chardonnay?

Old-world oenophiles have raised an eyebrow or two over China’s wine-drinking habits, which includes mixing red wine with Sprite.