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		<title>The Battle of Great River Hill: A China wine tasting in rural Beijing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  By Jim Boyce Impromptu wine tastings. Open a few bottles, pour them for a handful or two of guests, see which one they like best. No worries about gilded invitations, seating arrangements or tasters worrying days ahead as to whether or not they will look smart. Just a simple &#8220;do you like it?&#8221; approach. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2013 RVF China awards: And the winners for top wine, winery and wine maker are&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~  By Jim Boyce Ningxia again dominated the annual wine awards held by the China edition of magazine La Revue du Vin de France. The year&#8217;s top wine personality, wine maker and winery all hail from this area in north-central China (see below for details). Three out of the top five highest-scoring wines, as determined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: RVF publisher Lin Libo on this year&#8217;s crop of Chinese wines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Boyce The local edition of French magazine La Revue du Vin de France will soon reveal the top bottles from its annual tasting of Chinese wines. I asked publisher Lin Libo a few questions about the entries for 2013 and about Chinese wines in general. I&#8217;ll post again when the winners are announced. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A with Damien Shee of Torres China: On regional differences, retail expansion, the wine glut &amp; more</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~ By Jim Boyce Is there a wine glut in China? What distinguishes customers in the north from those elsewhere in the country? And what are the top picks from the portfolio? Those are some questions I asked Damien Shee, north China general manager for Torres, when I recently met him at the company&#8217;s retail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decanter World Wine Awards 2013: 20 Chinese wines nab awards, led by Great Wall, Helan Mountain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Boyce Decanter has released the results of its 2013 World Wine Awards and 20 entries of the 49 entries from China received a ranking of &#8220;commended&#8221; or higher. While the total number of wines receiving awards was higher this year, the pickings were slimmer, with silver the top achievement. The vast majority of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portfolio tasting in Beijing: Sample 60 wines from 90 Plus for 80 rmb</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wine shop operator 90 Plus will hold tastings on May 25 and May 26 at Zun Club just off Workers Stadium East Road. The daily rmb80 entrance fee gets you samples of more than 60 wines from 2 PM to 6 PM.  On top of that, those buying bottles can get a 20 percent discount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the club: ASC opens The Wine Residence in Shanghai</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~ By Jim Boyce ASC Fine Wines opened the Wine Residence &#8212; a 6500-square-meter facility for events, education and storage &#8211; in Shanghai last weekend. An ASC press release states that more than 50 senior representatives from the world&#8217;s wineries attended the launch, including Christophe Salin of DBR Lafite, Jean-Philippe Delmas of Chateau Haut-Brion and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WFOE for sale: Shanghai-based importer and distributor Mervin Fine Wines</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Boyce The following info is via Melody Mast of Shanghai-based Mervin Fine Wines. Mervin &#8212; a fully licensed and foreign-owned company (WFOE) in the wine import and distribution sector &#8212; is up for sale. The operation includes an office in Shanghai, a sales team and established distribution channels. Mast says the company has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WoSA Sommelier Cup: Mainland China semi-final slated for Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2013/05/16/wosa-sommelier-cup-mainland-china-semi-final-slated-for-beijing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Boyce Full-time sommeliers from mainland China have the chance to go abroad as part of a competition run by Wines of South Africa. The WOSA Sommelier Cup involves three rounds, starting with an online test in June and then, for those who make the grade, continuing with a semi-final in Beijing on July [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China wine portfolios: CWS adds Inner Mongolia&#8217;s Chateau Hansen</title>
		<link>http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2013/05/16/china-wine-portfolios-cws-adds-inner-mongolias-chateau-hansen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Boyce Importer and distributor China Wines and Spirits is now handling wines from Inner Mongolia-based operation Château Hansen. Established in 2005 as the third international arm of the HWS Group, CWS carries wine from about a dozen countries, including Italy, France, Australia, South Africa and India. Hansen is on the edge of the [...]]]></description>
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