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100 wines for 100 kuai (again!) – Australian, South African wines

Good times for taste buds continue in Beijing.
Australian wine-focused GELIPU and South African-wine focused Winelink will team up on Saturday, February 23, to present 100 ’boutique’ wines from, you guessed it, Australia and South Africa. The tasting starts at 6 PM at Tim’s Texas Roadhouse on Super Bar Street. The entry fee: RMB 100.
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Lebe das gute Leben: German Merlot!

By Jim Boyce
It isn’t everyday one gets to taste a German Merlot in Beijing. Luckily, I write away at wine and thus end up hanging out with trade people, including Stefan Fleischer, who works at Palette and whose family makes wine in Germany.
At a recent dinner at Café Europa, he brought a bottle of the [...]

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