Beijing Hilton Food & Wine Experience: Win tickets, overnight stay
Posted on | November 5, 2009 | No Comments
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By Jim Boyce
The only thing better than spending seven hours sampling from among hundreds of wines – as well as chocolate, coffee, beer, and more – at the Beijing Hilton Food & Wine Experience would be to then stumble, stagger, crawl – what have you – up to a room afterward. Alack and alas, that is beyond the budget at Chez Boyce, but one reader will get such a treat.
Once again, I am holding a contest and the winner gets two tickets to this November 14 event (1 PM to 8 PM), an overnight stay at The Beijing Hilton (valid only for that night), and breakfast the next morning at Elements.
Last year, I asked people to choose one person with whom they would like to share a bottle of wine. This year, I am asking people to write about a good wine experience they have had in Beijing. To enter, you need to leave the comment on this post at sibling site, beijingboyce.com. You also, obviously, need to be in Beijing.
The contest closes on Tuesday at 5 PM; I’ll announce the winner the next day. Even if you don’t win, try to make the Food & Wine Experience, celebrating its twelfth year – it is hard to beat a full day of gluttony, which includes a buffet, for RMB200.
For more details on the event, see here. I’ll also soon have an interview with the Hilton’s head sommelier, Julia Zhu.
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See also:
2006: The year I tried 52 wines and lost my cell phone
2007: The year I attended a seminar with Jeremy Oliver and later accidentally broke a bottle of Shiraz on the Hilton’s marble staircase
- Are you experienced? Hilton’s tenth annual wine event (2007)
- Wrap up: The Hilton food and wine experience (2007)
2008: The year Yiftach Bar described a Louis Latour Chardonnay as a “white wine with balls.”
- Eat, drink, and stay contest: Win Food & Wine Experience tickets, a deluxe room, and breakfast at the Hilton (2008)
- Hilton Food & Wine Experience: And the winners are… (2008)
- The Hilton food and wine experience: ten thoughts (2008)
Sommelier stuff: Tutorials, wine challenge to be held at Food & Hotel China
Posted on | November 3, 2009 | No Comments
Asia Wine Institute head Tommy Lam will lead three tutorials during the Food and Hotel China 2009 trade show slated for November 18 to 20 in Shanghai:
- November 19 (3–4.30): PM: How to become certified by the Court of Master Sommeliers
- November 20 (10–11.30 AM): An introduction to basic sommelier skills
- November 20 (1–2:30 PM): How to increase wine sales
Tutorials are RMB100 each or RMB200 for all three. To register or for more info, contact Francesca Xu at francesca.xu@asia-businessgroup.com or o10- 5828-7728.
Lam is also organizing the China Sommeliers Wine Challenge during the trade show. The judging panel has both international and local sommeliers, including three participants in this year’s China National Sommelier Competition (see here and here) – Hans Qu of Shenzhen Intercontinental Hotel (winner), Vivian Tian of Kee Club in Shanghai (first runner-up), and Jason Shi of China World Hotel in Beijing (second runner-up) – as well as Lu Yang of the Peninsula Hotel in Shanghai, winner of last year’s Penfold Sommelier Competition (see here). Kelvin Tay of the Pudong Shangri-la will head the panel. Other judges include Jacky Goergler from Jean Georges and Franck from Kathleens 5 in Shanghai, as well as Elyse Lambert from Canada, Andres Rosberg from Argentina, and Michael Jordan from the United States. See more details here.
See here for more details on the challenge and others events being held during the Wine & Spirits portion of Food and Hotel China 2009.
Wine tasting in China: Carrefour fall wine fair in Beijing
Posted on | October 30, 2009 | 1 Comment
By Jim Boyce
A last-minute reminder that the Shuangjing Carrefour store holds its fall wine fair from 6 PM to midnight with hundreds of bottles to sample. Most of them are entry-level and this offers a chance to find and stock up on “house” wine, especially as most products have a 20 percent discount.
Tip: BYOG. At the spring wine fair, I brought my own wine glasses – 22-ounce Bordeaux beauties – which meant I didn’t have to use the store’s puny goblets or, even worse, plastic cups. See these posts on previous Carrefour wine fairs:
- Spring 2009: Carrefour spring wine fair: Glasses, deals, and labels with animals galore
- Fall 2008: Carrefour wine fair picks: Southern exposure
- Spring 2008: By / buy the case: Carrefour 2008 April Wine Fair
Also, as noted here, Sequoia Cafe will hold a tasting of Grace Vineyard and Silver Heights at 6:30 PM tonight.
China’s best wines? Grace Vineyard, Silver Heights tasting this Friday in Beijing
Posted on | October 27, 2009 | No Comments
By Jim Boyce
China is a major wine producer and a growing wine consumer, but the average wine sold under domestic labels is disappointing. As noted here, this is due to everything from the pursuit of high-yield harvests to the use of unripe grapes to the blending of local and bulk imported wine to an emphasis on marketing rather than product quality. And decent local wines tend to offer poor value given the range of quality imported wines available at similar or lower prices.
Given this, a tasting at Sequoia Cafe in Beijing this Friday offers a good opportunity: it will feature five Chinese wines, all made from locally grown grapes, for only RMB100 (~USD15) — good value considering each bottle costs from ~RMB200 (~USD30) to ~RMB350 (~USD55).
The lineup includes three wines from Grace Vineyard, in the north-central province of Shanxi, by Australian wine maker Ken Murchison. (Note: Grace CEO Judy Leissner is a contributor to this blog.)
- Grace Vineyard Tasya’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
- Grace Vineyard Tasya’s Reserve Chardonnay
- Grace Vineyard Symphony Series Muscat, a wine made jointly by Grace and Torres
There will also be two wines from newcomer Silver Heights, in the northwestern region of Ningxia, by wine maker Emma Gao. Both include a grape commonly found in China, Cabernet Gernischt.
- Silver Heights Family Reserve (60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Gernischt, 10% Cabernet Franc)
- Silver Heights The Summit (60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Gernischt, 20% Cabernet Franc)
The tasting is at 6:30 PM. RSVP with “Cabernet” Frank Siegel at 13701-178-073. All of the wines are distributed by Torres China.
Open job interviews in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore: Dinex Group seeks managers, chefs, sommeliers
Posted on | October 27, 2009 | No Comments
By Jim Boyce
The Dinex Group, which represents the restaurants of Daniel Boulud in New York, Vancouver, and Beijing (Maison Boulud), among other places, is seeking managers, sommeliers, and head, sous, and pastry chefs. Dinex will hold “open call” interviews over the next week in Asia. The interviews kick off on October 27 and 28 in Singapore, before moving to Hong Kong, Beijing, and, finally, Shanghai. If you are interested in an interview, send your resume to cbilleaud@danielnyc.com.
(Hat tip to Louie)
Californian wine in China: Beijing Wine Classic at Aman in the Summer Palace
Posted on | October 23, 2009 | No Comments
By Jim Boyce
Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena, Hugh Davies of Schramsberg, and Heidi Peterson Barrett of La Sirena are among the dozen wine makers and winery leaders from California slated to participate in the Beijing Wine Classic 2009 from November 13 to 15 at Aman in the Summer Palace. The weekend will include food and wine pairings, seminars on topics such as California Chardonnay and “quirky reds“, and a “cult Cabernet dinner“.
A two-day pass, covering two lunches and six seminars, is USD500, while a one-day pass is USD300. Room rates at Aman range from USD2800 to USD9688. All prices are subject to a 15 percent service charge.
For full details, see here. To reserve a space, email amanatsummerpalace@amanresorts.com.
Cars, Broads & Wine: ASC founder Don St. Pierre Sr. to speak at Capital Club
Posted on | October 22, 2009 | No Comments
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Don St. Pierre Sr., founder of China-based importer and distributor ASC Fine Wines, will speak tomorrow at a CEO luncheon at the Capital Club in Beijing on the topic of “Cars, Broads & Wine“. Numerous sources say St. Pierre plans an autobiography of the same name.
St. Pierre founded ASC in the mid-nineties and, after struggles in the early years, built it into a leading wine importer and distributor in China with his son, Don St. Pierre Jr. He was a key figure in a previous book – Beijing Jeep by Jim Mann – due to his involvement in China’s car industry in the eighties.
Note: The event is already sold out.
Vins & Australie en Chine: une présence à tous les niveaux
Posted on | October 13, 2009 | No Comments
Note: This is a translation by Nicolas Carre of an article by Jim Boyce that originally appeared in English here on Grape Wall.
Australie fait un veritable bond sur la scène du vin en Chine
Tout d’abord, l’Australie a maintenu une présence stable en restant ces cinq dernières années le numéro deux des importateurs de vins embouteillés (en volume), avec 20 à 22% des parts du marché (source : douanes chinoises). Sur les six premiers mois de 2009, l’Australie n’est devancé que par la France (leader avec 40% des parts de marché), a importé deux fois plus en volume que les États-Unis et trois fois plus que l’Italie et le Chili réuni…
Ensuite, l’Australie a fait de gros effort pour changer son image de producteur de vins bon marché à celle de producteur de vins de styles et haut de gamme. J’en veux comme temoin le fameux Landmark Australia auquel j’ai assisté a Pekin et qui était un évenèment de premier ordre, admirablement organisé… On y trouvait pele-mele : 1) d’excellents orateurs comme Paul Henry et Andrew Caillard; 2) des distributeurs de vin, consultants, ecrivains, bloggeurs, et 3) des produits impressionnants – de Henschke Hill à Penfold’s Grange en passant par Bass Philip Premium Pinot Noir.
Enfin, plus récemment, l’Australie s’est attribué la deuxième place des pays importateurs de vin en vrac, derrière le Chili (15 million de litres, soit la moitié du volume importé en Chine)… l’Australie en représente un quart. Viennent ensuite l’Argentine (ex numéro deux), les États-Unis (6.5 %), l’Espagne (5%) l’Afrique du Sud et la France (seulement 1% pour chacun).
Un véritable bond en avant pour ce pays sur les quatre dernières années… l’Australie passant en effet de 2% du vrac importé en 2005 à 10.5% en 2007. Je pense que le résultat est en partie du à l’offre excédentaire de vins en Australie, où quelques producteurs sont pret à vendre au-dessous des coûts reels, persuadé que les gros producteurs chinois qui coupent leur vin avec du vrac importé sont tres soucieux de leurs dépenses. Cette situation explique les changements parfois radicaux sur l’origine des approvisionnement de vins en vrac en Chine, alors que les chiffres pour les vins embouteillés importés sont beaucoup plus stables pour un meme pays donné.
En tout cas il est intéressant de remarquer que l’Australie, qui a toujours fermement tenu sa part de marché dans le secteur des vins importés embouteillés, se fait aujourd’hui remarquer aussi bien dans le haut que le bas de gamme…
Wine jobs in China: Distributor seeks sales manager in Shanghai
Posted on | October 12, 2009 | No Comments
By Jim Boyce
A China-based wine importer focused on the hotel and restaurant sector seeks an on-premise sales manager in Shanghai. Fluency in English and Mandarin preferred. Experience in the wine and/or food and beverage sector a must. For more details, or to submit a resume, email Campbell Thompson at campbell@thewinerepublic.com.
China contest: Wine Australia Awards to provide four trips Down Under
Posted on | October 12, 2009 | No Comments
By Jim Boyce
As noted here, Australia has been busy in the China wine market. Now Wine Australia is launching a project in China to award a trip Down Under in each of these categories: wine retail, wine writing and education, restaurants, bars, and hotels, and overall, for the person or company deemed to have “displayed an outstanding contribution to the growth of wine and of Australian wine in China,” according to a press release from the Australian Consulate General in Shanghai.
I think I deserve the latter award because I took one of Australia’s leading wine writers to Beijing’s best Russian nightclub, Chocolate (see here and here), and gave the manager a copy of his book. Who else is promoting Australia wine to both Chinese and Russians in this country?
Anyway, the press release says applicants must be “resident and based in mainland China“, “have a proficient understanding of written and spoken English“, and be “China based businesses, sommeliers, F&B staff, wine writers, educators, retailers, importers, distributors and restaurateurs. ” The application deadline is December 31. The winners will be announced in Beijing on January 26.
More information and application forms are available on the Wine Australia Web site.
En vrac et en bouteille: le Chili serait-il la clé du changement en Chine?
Posted on | October 5, 2009 | No Comments
Note: This is a translation by Nicolas Carre of an article by Jim Boyce that originally appeared in English here on Grape Wall.
L’autre soir, en buvant une biere, il m’est venu une pensee : le Chili pourrait-il etre la clé du changement sur le marché des vins en Chine ?
Considérez quatre choses :
1. Selon les Douanes Chinoises, le Chili represente 55% du vin importé en vrac sur les trois dernières années, soit 170 millions de litres sur les 305 millions qui ont franchit la frontiere. La grande majorité de ce vin est mélangée avec le vin domestique et revendu sous étiquettes locales.
2. Si on en croit toujours les statistiques officielles, le vin en vrac représentait 12% du marché en 2008. Certains experts chinois avancent pour leur part des chiffres plus proche des 40%, expliquant que le vin domestique est régulièrement comptabilisé en double (par exemple, si la société A achète l’excédent de la société B, les deux volumes sont comptabilisés en production locale – ca fait grimper les chiffres tout ca !)
3. Si la moitié du vin en vrac importé est chilien et si 40% du vin sous des étiquettes chinoises est d’origine étrangere, cela voudrait dire qu’une bouteille de vin “chinois” est en moyenne a 20% d’origine chilienne – Si un grand nombre pratiquent le coupage avec les vins importés, il convient aussi de rappeler que quelques producteurs utilisent exclusivement les raisins locaux – Mais le point est clair : un volume considérable de vin chilien est bu en Chine! Pensez meme qu’en 2007 et 2008 il y a eu plus de vins chilien importes en vrac que la totalite des vins importés en bouteille (119 millions de litres contre 100 millions de litres).
4. Le vin chilien importé embouteillé est bon marché comparé à beaucoup de ses concurrents, en partie en raison d’accords commerciaux… Vous pouvez les acheter dans les magasins « 7-Eleven » pour RMB60. Et a l’occasion de certaines affaires, les prix baissent… j’en veux comme témoin un distributeur qui offre occasionnellement ses bouteilles aux restaurateurs pour RMB20.
Quel est mon point ? Les vins chiliens offrent au consommateur moyen une combinaison de familiarité (“Hmmm, Ca a le gout de [nom d’une grande marque], en mieux”) et un prix (“Ce n’est pas beaucoup plus cher”). Ca pourrait alors devenir un “tremplin” pour que les chinois passent de l’étiquettes domestiques a l’étrangere, un changement qui implique le goût puisque mes amis chinois disent adorer le fruité des vins chiliens.
Il est vrai cependant qu’il y a des signes inverses : les chiffres pour les vins importés en vrac cette année ont baissé… l’influence chilienne pourrait donc etre moindre; difficile de dire si les prix de vin chiliens en bouteille baisseront; la majorité des consommateurs chinois ont un penchant pour le vin français (raisons plus d’image que de goût); en plus, je ne tiens compte principalement que des chiffres de la Douanière, etc…
Mais, tout cela ne reste qu’une pensée…
No worries: Australia targeting China wine market at every level
Posted on | September 30, 2009 | 3 Comments
Australia – excuse an indirect kangaroo reference – is really hopping when it comes to the China wine scene.
First, the country has maintained a steady presence as the number two source of bottled wine by volume, taking 20 percent to 22 percent of the market the past five years, according to Customs. In the first six months of 2009, it trailed only France, the leader with a ~40 percent share, had twice as much volume as the United States, and about triple that of both Italy and Chile.
Second, Australia is striving to change its image from being a maker of good but relatively cheap wine to one with a diverse range of styles and premium wines. The Landmark Australia events I have intended in Beijing, including this one last year and another last week (details soon), have been top-notch. They blend: 1) entertaining speakers such as Paul Henry and Andrew Caillard; 2) wine distributors, consultants, writers, and other “gatekeepers” (and an occasional “fly on the wall” blogger), and; 3) impressive wines – from Henschke Hill of Grace to Penfold’s Grange to Bass Philip Premium Pinot Noir. This is in addition to Down Under efforts ranging from the Australia Landmark tutorial to a video conference with Wolf Blass.
Third, and more recently, in the first half of 2009, Australia ranked second as a source of imported bulk wine. While Chile (~15 million liters) represented half of the ~31.5 million liters entering China, Australia came second with a quarter share. They were followed by Argentina (last year’s number two, with a quarter share) and the United States (~6.5 percent each), Spain (~5 percent), and South Africa and France (just over 1 percent each).
This is quite a leap from the past four years, when Australia represented from 2 percent (2005) to 10.5 percent (2007). I would guess this is at least partly due to the oversupply of wine in Australia, where some producers are selling below cost, though this story in The Age has people talking about wine-for-visa deals. I lean (heavily) toward the former explanation: The big Chinese producers who blend imported bulk wine with their own wine are highly cost conscious. (This helps explain strong shifts in where they source bulk wine, whereas the numbers for imported bottled figures follow steadier paths for a given country.)
In any case, it is interesting to see Australia, which has firmly held its market share in the imported bottled wine sector, now making its presence felt at both the low and high ends.
Drinker beware: Canadian wine label controversey holds lessons for China
Posted on | September 29, 2009 | No Comments
By Jim Boyce
Most consumers are unaware that many of the “Chinese” wines they find in supermarkets, restaurants, and elsewhere include imported bulk wine. The amount of bulk wine in the market in recent years is somewhere between 10 percent and 40 percent, with those numbers ranging from official statistics to estimates based on the double-counting of local wine production.
To be fair, blending imported wines with Chinese ones tends to improve overall quality (see some reasons here). To be even fairer, producers should note on the label if a bottle includes imported wine, something that is rarely done. Unfortunately, my homeland of Canada also has label issues when it comes to wine. This story in the Vancouver Sun – which comes via Campbell Thompson via the Jancis Robinson Web site - explains:
Low-cost bulk wines from places like California and South Africa are being sold in government liquor stores as B.C. wines, raising a storm of protest among winemakers and wine lovers who say the imposters are damaging the reputation of this province’s industry.
The wines are sold by Canada’s three biggest winemakers as though they are British Columbia wines, and only a keen-eyed consumer can tell the difference, said David Bond, executive director of the Association of Wine Growers of British Columbia….
“They are getting a free ride off the reputation everyone else has developed,” Bond said in an interview. “They are selling it in the B.C. wine section, and it’s atrocious. I think it’s scandalous. This is a very calculated form of consumer deception.”
Wines made from local grapes carry the designation VQA, while those with imported wine are labeled “Cellared in Canada“, though the article notes, ”It’s only in the fine print at the bottom of the back label that the wineries identify their product as being “Cellared in Canada from domestic and imported wines.”” The situation is less transparent in China, where – except for one case of which I have heard – there is no such indication on the label.
Producing and selling “Cellared in Canada” wines might be highly profitable. But it deceives consumers and has a negative effect on the reputation of those making good wines with local grapes. Ultimately, the companies producing these “Cellared in Canada” wines may feel a backlash. The same holds true in China and hopefully this issue gets the kind of media attention it is receiving in Canada.
See also: This post on the Jancis Robinson site includes comments by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario on the different situations of Ontario and British Columbia, and on efforts being made to distinguish and promote wines made with local grapes.
Whistle wetter: Summergate to distribute Vittel water in China
Posted on | September 29, 2009 | No Comments
By Jim Boyce
Summergate Fine Wines has announced it will exclusively import and distribute Vittel still mineral water, from France, for the China market starting in October. The range of products includes 1 liter glass bottles and 330 ML, 500 ML, and 1.5 ML plastic bottles. Summergate also imports and distributes Perrier sparkling mineral water.
Accepting applications: Landmark Australia tutorial set for next September in Yarra Valley
Posted on | September 28, 2009 | No Comments
By Jim Boyce
Wine Australia announced today that its second Landmark Australia tutorial will be held next September in Yarra Valley. Twelve wine experts from around the world, including Bell Pei Tang from China and Rebecca Leung from Hong Kong, participated in the inaugural five-day event last June in the Barossa Valley. This time around, applications from Australian wine experts will also be accepted. Penfold’s chief wine maker Peter Gago and Yalumba Wine Company head Robert Hill Smith will again participate. To apply, or for more details, see this page on the Wine Australia site.
By bulk, by bottle: Is Chile the key to changing China’s wine scene?
Posted on | September 28, 2009 | 2 Comments
By Jim Boyce
Random wine thought I had while drinking a beer last night: Could Chile be the key to shifting the China wine market? Consider four things:
1.According to Customs, roughly 55 percent of the imported bulk wine entering China the last three years – 170 million liters of 305 million liters – hailed from Chile. This included ~45 percent last year. The vast majority is blended with domestic wine and sold under local labels.
2. In terms of official statistics, bulk wine accounted for ~12 percent of the market in 2008. Industry observers such as Ma Huiqin, who talks to wine technicians throughout China, say the take is closer to 40 percent because domestic wine is regularly double-counted (if company A buys surplus from company B, both count it as production)
3. If half of imported bulk wine is Chilean and if 40 percent of wine under Chinese labels is foreign, then the average bottle of “Chinese” wine is 20 percent Chilean. True, some producers use only local grapes while others blend wine from other nations. The point is a lot of of Chilean wine is being drunk in China. In fact, more Chilean bulk wine entered China in 2007 and 2008 than all imported bottled wine combined – 119 million liters versus 100 million liters. If you group Chilean bottled and bulk, the numbers are 126 million liters versus 93 million liters of wine.
4. Imported bottled Chilean wine is cheap compared to many of its competitors, partly due to a special trade deal. For example, you can buy it at 7-ELEVEN for about RMB60. And in some cases, prices are dropping, as at least one distributor is offering bottles to restaurants at RMB20.
My point? Chilean wines stands to offer the average consumer a combination of familiarity (“Hmmm, this kind of tastes like [enter big brand name], only better”) and price (“It’s not that much more expensive”). It might offer a kind of “stepping stone” from domestic labels to foreign ones, a shift that involves taste, since many of my Chinese friends like the fruitiness of many Chilean wines.
True, there are caveats vis-a-vis my position: imported bulk wine numbers have dropped this year, so the Chilean influence might ease; it is hard to say if Chilean bottled wine prices will drop; the majority of Chinese consumers lean toward French wine, for reasons more of marketing than taste; Iam relying primarily on Customs figures, and so on.
But it is a thought…
Wine jobs in China: Maison Boulud in Beijing seeks head, junior sommeliers
Posted on | September 27, 2009 | No Comments
By Jim Boyce
French restaurant Maison Boulud in Beijing seeks a head sommelier to handle everything from wine service to overseeing the wine list to maintaining the cellar. It also seeks a junior sommelier. For more details on these positions, or to submit your resume, contact Ignace LeCleir at ignace.lecleir@chienmen23.com.
Maison Boulud is the first Daniel Boulud restaurant in China and is regularly ranked among the best in Beijing. It is in the former American embassy in the Ch’ienmen 23 compound.
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