Amid Austerity, A Lush New Temple to Luxury Wines in Shanghai
In a career that’s flourished along with China’s spectacular rise as a market for fine wines, entrepreneur Don St. Pierre Jr. has had his share of setbacks. In 2008, the Executive Chairman of ASC Fine Wines spent nearly a month in detention in Shanghai during an investigation by city authorities into “falsifying prices” among wine importers. No charges were ever filed, and Mr. St. Pierre describes the experience as “character building.”











