About Grape Wall of China 葡萄围城
Launched in 2007, Grape Wall covers the China wine market: everything from tastings and winery visits to trade news and ‘Q&8s‘ with winemakers, retailers, critics …
Crazy Rain: Ningxia Faces Its Biggest Wine Crisis
(A version of this post first appeared in my free grape Wall newsletter. Sign up here.) As citizens across China celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival earlier …
Drink or Else? Serve Only China Wine for National Day, says ex-Hong Kong Leader
[This post first appeared in my free Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up here.] Former head of Hong Kong Leung Chun-Ying has called for all government and private …
Lightning in a Bottle: Wine & Inspiration in China
[This post first appeared in my free Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up here.] How to inspire wine consumers? It’s one of the biggest questions facing …
Highs Hopes for Down Under: Penfolds 2024 China Launch Lifts Hopes for Struggling Trade
Treasury Wine Estates hosted its official 2024 Penfolds Collection launch in Beijing, spearheading an Australian wine surge in China and raising hopes this can boost the general wine market. …
China Wine Press July 2024
The Grape Wall Press A Regularly Updated Roundup of China Wine Stories JULY 2024 EDITION (Past Editions Here) “Ningxia wows NY with flavors from foothill vineyards” …
Penfolds at Ground Zero: Price Hikes, Fancy Parties & Spotting Real Bottles
We find no shortage of mainstream and trade media articles about the return of Penfolds / TWE / Australia wine to China. What are the early returns on import stats? How …
Q&8: Jack Zhang of The Cellar Project
The past half-dozen years have seen a growing number of winemakers in China exploring far beyond the Bordeaux-style wines that defined the industry a dozen …
Q&8: Ma Huiqin on Australian Wine
Australian wine is flowing back to China and I recently wrote about the current state of affairs for Wine Searcher. The interviewees included Ma Huiqin, …
Vintage 25: A Deep Dive into DFC
[A version of this post appeared in Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up here free.] Boozy official dinners and detained booze importers. ‘Ping pong diplomacy’ between …
Q&8: Matt Bahen of De Bortoli
Australia wine returns to China. The story “Australian Wine Finds its Feet in China” in Wine-Searcher has quotes from professor / marketing expert Ma Huiqin, Andrew Moody of Tyrrell’s, Baron …