Hilton Beijing Wine Fair: Why wine importers should join

 - I talked to the Hilton Beijing today re the upcoming annual wine fair, set for November 12, and we will again do a giveaway contest. The call reminded me that I have yet to publish my post about the fair last year. You can find it below — this hopefully kick-starts me to finish [...]

China Wine Press: Virginia wine, Hunter Valley vineyards, fakes, YesMyWine

Excerpts from online coverage of the China wine scene… – (Not expecting to see this in my local corner store any time soon.) China will soon import wine from Virginia, says Scott Wise of CBS 6 in Richmond: Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced an agreement Tuesday that would see Virginia wine exported to China. Under [...]

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November 12, Hilton Beijing
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Wines tasted from:

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• Helan Qing Xue (Ningxia)
• Jade Valley (Shaanxi)
• Rongzi (Shanxi)
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November 8, Modo, Beijing

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Benjamin Wallace *
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Julia Zhu *
Sommelier, Hilton Beijing

Shinya Tasaki *
World sommerlier champ

Tommy Lam *
Wine educator

Miguel Torres *
President of Torres

Alder Yarrow *
Author, Vinography blog

Leo Liu *
Operations manager, Sureno

Olivier Six *
La Baie des Anges wine bar

Jeff Gao *
Wine consumer

Charles Carrard *
French Wine Paradox distributors

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Chateau Valandraud

Brian Yao *
Wine consumer

Patricio de la Fuente Saez *1*2
Links Concept director

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Wine blogger

Julien Bonnard *
Top Cellar retail, distribution

Tom Wark *
Fermentation blog

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Gelipu distributor

Zeon Chow *
Rutherford Bench/Napa Reserve

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Writer, publisher, consultant

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Chateau Lynch-Bages

Nicholas Carre *
GM, Maxim's Beijing

Robert Joseph *
Writer, entrepreneur

Tyler Colman *
Blogger, author

Carlos de Jesus *
Amorim communications director

Frankie Zhao *
Wine consultant

Arcy Yin *
Editor (Food & Wine China)

Natalie MacLean *
Author

Peter Gago *
Penfolds chief wine maker

Gaia Gaja *
Gaja winery

Frederic Choux *
DCT Wines owner

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Robert Parker *
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Chinese translation *

Jenn Hinkle *
Event organizer, consumer (Beijing)

Pat Fromm *
Consumer, ex-industry (Beijing)

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Frederic Engerer *
Chateau Latour president
Translation *

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Torres China GM (Shanghai)

Steve Clarke *
China Silk owner (Xinjiang)

Tim Hanni *
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Translation *

John Gai *
Palette Wines owner (Beijing)

Ethan Perk *
Jebsen Deputy GM China (Beijing)

Zhang Ning *
Yunnan Red wine maker (Yunnan)

Shan Shumin*
Yunnan Red GM (Yunnan)

Wu Kegang *
Yunnan Red CEO (Yunnan)

Chantal Chi *
Writer (Shanghai)

Jeremy Oliver *
Wine writer, critic

Marc Curtis *
China Wine Tours leader

Eddie Osterland *
Sommelier, educator

Frank Siegel *
Event organizer (Beijing)

Judy Leissner *
Grace Vineyard CEO (Shanxi)

Don St. Pierre, Jr. *
ASC managing director (Shanghai)

Dan Siebers *
Summergate North China manager

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Grape Wall Contributors

In alphabetical order (see full list)


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Sommelier


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Writer


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Sommelier, consultant


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Grace Vineyard CEO


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Wine maker, consultant


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Wine maker


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Professor


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Consumer


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Pro-Wine Training & Consultancy owner


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Consumer, blog administrator