Grape Wall of China

A China Wine Blog: The Scene in the World’s Largest Market

Screw it? Video conference with Wolf Blass, George Samios

By Jim Boyce After Australian Embassy staff checked my bag, passed me through a metal detector, and gave me a cavity search (OK, scratch the last part), I joined four local wine journalists in Beijing last Tuesday for a video conference with iconic wine maker Wolf Blass and Foster’s Global Wine Ambassador George Samios. The [...]

Grape press: South Africa, Chile, New Zealand, and France

By Jim Boyce Some links to a bunch of news stories linked to China’s wine sector: Chile and China signed a “free trade service trade pact” on April 13 that follows up on the free trade agreement signed in 2005. According to Xinhua, “bilateral trade soared 65 percent year on year to 14.7 billion U.S. [...]

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  • Grape Wall Contributors


    In alphabetical order (see full list)


    Nicolas Carre
    Sommelier


    Chantal Chi
    Writer


    Yvonne Chiong
    Sommelier, consultant


    Judy Leissner
    Grace Vineyard CEO


    Alain Leroux
    Wine maker, consultant


    Li Demei
    Wine maker


    Huiqin Ma
    Professor


    Campbell Thompson
    The Wine Republic co-owner


    Brian Yao
    Consumer


    Frankie Zhao
    Pro-Wine Training & Consultancy owner


    Jim Boyce
    Consumer, blog administrator