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		<title>China Wine Press: Baijiu, smugglers, China vs Britain, wine auctions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the wine world’s a stage and China keeps getting bigger roles. China Wine Press looks at media coverage of that drama, with each item preceded by an inane comment from me &#8212; just to keep things real. By J. Boyce ~ (So much for Lafite in my Chinese New Year stocking) Hurun Research Institute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pútáo people: Who’s Who in the China wine scene, part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~ By Jim Boyce Last year, I wrote a &#8220;who&#8217;s who in China&#8221; piece for magazine Wine Business International. There were ten categories &#8212; such as distributor, wine maker and sommelier &#8212; with a pick for each and mentions of other notable people. It wasn&#8217;t so much a &#8220;top ten&#8221; as it was a list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Double up: China Wine &amp; Spirits acquires DT Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Boyce China Wines &#38; Spirits (CWS) acquired fellow distributor DT Asia last month and while the news is a bit dated I thought I would post it anyway. From the press release: &#8220;[The move] reinforces CWS position on the market, with a larger and stronger portfolio of Icon brands such as Champagne Deutz, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breathing room: China&#8217;s 1421 &#8216;traceable&#8217; wine at Great Hall of The People</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~ By Jim Boyce When Randy Lee Svendsen recently asked me to join a group of 12 at the Great Hall of The People to talk about the wine brand 1421, I figured I would be at one of dozens of tables. I wasn&#8217;t. There was only that one table in that huge hall &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wine Republic to distribute Jia Bei Lan in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~ By Jim Boyce China-based importer and distributor The Wine Republic has reached a deal to handle the brand Jia Bei Lan from Ningxia-based winery Helan Qing Xue, says company CEO Campbell Thompson. Demand has been growing for Jia Bei Lan, particularly for its 2009 vintage, after strong performances in several wine contests, including Decanter&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penfolds Bin 620: Available in Beijing from this week at rmb6840 per bottle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Boyce When Penfolds chose Shanghai for the launch of its &#8221;Bin 620&#8243; Cabernet-Shiraz 2008 last month, the first wine under that label since 1966, it inspired plenty of comments, ranging from those who saw it as a respectful nod to the growing market for Australian fine wine in this country to those who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not-so-idle speculation: Wine, scarcity and China</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Boyce Four people have asked me in the past few weeks for info about how to buy from ten to fifty cases of a specific wine. Is that wine from longstanding Bordeaux favorite Chateau Lafite Rothschild? No. Is it from new Burgundy darling DRC Romanee-Conti? No. How about the new and pricey Yao [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bidder up: Notes from a Bordeaux-heavy wine auction in Beijing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~ By Jim Boyce I went to a wine auction in Beijing on Saturday because: a) fellow Grape Wall guy Nicolas Carre invited me, b) the venue, Zun Club near Workers Stadium, is across the street from my apartment, and c) I have not attended such a sale before. This one was organized by magazine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North by Northwest China Wine Challenge: The Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2011/11/14/north-by-northwest-china-wine-challenge-the-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~ Fourteen judges gathered in the Hilton Beijing last Saturday to try two dozen Chinese wines from the north and northwestern regions of the nation. To the best of my knowledge, the wines were made solely with grapes grown in China. The operations included Grace Vineyard and Chateau Rongzi from Shanxi, Jade Valley from Shaanxi, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North by Northwest Challenge: The Judges</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fourteen judges tasted 24 wines during the North by Northwest China Wine Challenge held yesterday morning at the Hilton Beijing. The wines hailed from Xinjiang, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, and, at least for me, demonstrated the increasing dynamism of the domestic wine scene. The process of adding scores, deciphering handwriting and triple-checking [...]]]></description>
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