Grape Wall of China

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Corked wine in China: The fault with no name

By Frankie Zhao
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The thing with corked wine in that Chinese consumers often don’t know it when they taste it.
I have attended big tastings, approached a table, realized [...]

Grape Press: Macau wine tax, China as Chile, Hart Davis Hart auction

Some (fairly) recent stories about the China wine scene…
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Macau plays the odds, scraps its wine tax

As noted, gambling den Macau has followed the lead of Hong Kong, which eliminated its wine tax earlier this year. As Jeannie Cho Lee puts it in this article in Wine Spectator, “the question most asked was, Why did it [...]

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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