January 2, 2013

Wines under rmb50 in China: Helan Mountain Dry Red 2008

January 2, 2013 // 0 Comments

By Jim Boyce Last year I organized a contest called North by Northwest and included a bottle of Helan Mountain Dry Red 2008 in a flight of six Chinese wines priced under rmb150. [...]

Beyond Pisco: China number two export market for Peru wines

January 2, 2013 // 0 Comments

By Jim Boyce One fun thing about living in Beijing is witnessing the ever-widening scope of wines available in the market. True, the “big six” — France, [...]

THE GRAPE WALL CHALLENGE
An annual contest where we ask Chinese consumers to be the judges.

Temple, 2013 (results).
F by Tribute, 2012 (results).
Modo, 2011 (results).
Maison Boulud, 2010 (results)
Maxim's of Paris, 2009 (results).

THE CHINA WINE TOUR
Beijing, April 2014
Forty people, four bars and eight Chinese wines. Details here.

NINGXIA VS BORDEAUX CHALLENGE
Zun Club, December 2011
Five wines and five judges each from China and France. Results here. Coverage here

NORTH BY NORTHWEST CHALLENGE
Hilton Beijing, November, 2011
Wine experts, chefs and journalists judge wines from Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia and Shanxi. Results here.