HONG KONG WINE ROUND UP

    Savings to consumers should be one key test of whether Hong Kong can really become the ‘wine hub’ the government is aiming for with the introduction of zero tax. Another key test is the confidence of the wine industry itself. Boris de Vroomen, co-chairman of the Hong Kong Wine and Spirits Industry Coalition has been calling on the government to build specialist storage facilities for wine, out of government funds. Surely if the wine industry was confident in Hong Kong’s future as a centre for the China wine trade it would be investing its own money?