Grape Wall of China

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

Global Wine Extravaganza: 100 wines, 150 kuai

By Jim Boyce Tasting wine in The Hidden City (photo: ASC) Beijing consumers tasted their way through more than 100 wines from 22 producers as ASC held its Global Wine Extravaganza yesterday at 1949: The Hidden City. Representatives from the wineries, many of whom were in town after attending VinExpo in Hong Kong, did the [...]

Wine Word – Guy Wittich: 20 years in Taiwan

By Jim Boyce Guy Wittich (top right) leads a Rhone Valley wine tour. Guy Wittich, CEO of the European Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, has been intimately involved in Taiwan’s wine scene for decades, whether as a consumer or a club, event and trip organizer. (Note: Wittich is my former boss and piqued my interest [...]

Enoteca: Set to pour wine all over The Place

By Jim Boyce Barring last-minute problems, Enoteca should open in The Place sometime this week, says Youngju Lee, a partner in the wine bar. The Beijing outlet is the third in the Enoteca chain and follows the two opened in Shanghai during the past year, says Lee, who heads Radonda Fine Wines. Lee says 99 [...]

Hong Kong wine auction brings in 64 million

By Jim Boyce The wine auction held Saturday night in Hong Kong by Acker Merrall & Condit brought in HKD64 million (USD8.2 million), according to Bloomberg: The top lot, 12 bottles of 1990 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti fetched HK$1.89 million, the high end of an estimated range and an auction record for a case of [...]

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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