GWOC Challenge

Grape Wall Challenge 2012: Summergate, ASC, MQ top wine challenge in China

December 21, 2012 // 1 Comment

~ By Jim Boyce (Note: Sorry for the delay. This blog went offline several days for — to me — unknown reasons and now is back for — to me — unknown reasons. [...]

From cork to screw cap: Three wine closure anecdotes from China

December 14, 2012 // 1 Comment

Changing of the guard? Side by side in my local corner shop. ~ By Jim Boyce While most wine in China — whether domestically produced or imported — is bottled under [...]

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.