Wine-wine situation in Beijing: Torres and Tri-Nations tasting on Saturday

There will be plenty of popping and pouring on Saturday afternoon as two major wine tastings are on the schedule.

Torres China will hold its fifth annual Taste of the Nations from 2 PM to 5 PM at Xu Xian Restaurant on Workers Stadium grounds. Tickets are rmb228 and include  free flow of 150 wines from a dozen countries, including two of the best brands in China — Grace Vineyard from Shanxi Province and Silver Heights from the Ningxia Autonomous Region.

This ranks among my favorite annual events both because Torres cracks open some of its better stuff (I tend toward the Australian table given it stocks a dozen-plus brands, including Henschke, Bass Philip and Grosset) and because it is well organized and includes handouts with plenty of info on the wines. Note: Tickets are rmb208 in advance. Contact Maggie Wang at 5165-5519, extension 284 / maggie.wang (at) everwines.com.

Also on Saturday is the second annual Tri-Nations Wine Expo from 1 PM to 5 PM at Scarlett Blue in Solana. Tickets are rmb250 and get you access to 100 wines from Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. The wines are imported and distributed by Australian outfit Gelipu. Tickets are rmb150 if you email Garry Anderson at AustralianWineClub (at) gmail.com by close of business tomorrow.


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