As a veteran in tourism and event planning, Zhang Dongli has a long history of pairing France and China. Zhang's most recent project, Bordeaux Fete Le Vin, aims to get them raising far more glasses, too. Zhang's life in wine began with the French Tourism Office in Beijing, where she promoted … Continue reading →

Veteran French critic Michel Bettane visited Beijing two weeks ago and I joined his Chinese wine tasting. I'm interested in voices such as Bettane's because France, Italy and Spain are leaders as wine producers but UK people and institutions, and to a lesser extent US ones, are dominating the … Continue reading →

Fate has delivered me unto the land of Canaan thrice in two months. This winery, founded in 2006, and its sibling Domaine Franco-Chinois, founded in 1999, are in Huailai County, just outside Beijing. And they've been making some of China's most intriguing wine for years, although those are only … Continue reading →

China wine veteran The Cellar Rat posed an intriguing query recently as I wrote up some China wine import stats. "If Penfolds were a country, where would it rank?" (He also added, in time for Halloween, "The over-reliance of Penfolds for the Australian wine category is scary.") Let's try … Continue reading →