About Grape Wall of China
Launched in 2007, Grape Wall of China covers everything from winery visits and consumer events to wine reviews and Q&As with trade people. I also …
Q&8! Claudia Masueger vs The (Wine) World
Claudia Masueger of wine shop chain CHEERS is the only person I know who returned to China with a raclette set for quarantine. You just …
New school | Marlborough-Ningxia viticulture degree proposed
A joint viticulture degree by schools in Marlborough and Ningxia is in the works. From a Marlborough Research Center post this month: “Our proposal is …
‘In wine, there is Truel’ | World Marselan Day 5!
World Marselan Day, a Grape Wall project launched in 2018, celebrates a grape created in 1961 and now used in over two dozen countries. It …
Q&A! Judy Chan on 25 years at Grace Vineyard
Grace Vineyard is 25 years old! That’s quite a long time just to survive in China’s wine business. And an almost impossibly long one while …
Bazinga! Muti Mo on exploding Pinot, ‘aha!’ moments, natural wine & 2022 plans
An especially explosive bottle. Need-to-knows for consumers and natural wine. An “aha!” moment in the wine trade. And plans for 2022, from opening a new …
Vino in Cina | Italians working in Chinese wineries
Simone Incontro–the China rep for Veronafiere–and I have talked a lot about his fellow Italians working in China’s wine industry. Not as importers and distributors, …
Marselan maverick | Emy Marinova, Shanghai-based co-owner of Bulgarian winery Burgozone
Emy Marinova is the Shanghai-based co-owner and the export director of Bulgarian winery Burgozone. Marinova is also a wine writer, judge and consultant. In this …
Acid test / From Guangzhou wine bar founder to Ningxia natural bubbly winemaker
‘In Juice We Trust’ is the motto of Muti Mo, who launched natural wine bar MuST in Guangzhou two years ago this month. Mo brought …
China wine sales | Ningxia exports up 256% in 2021
Ningxia’s authorities are reporting a 256% rise in wine exports for 2021, on top of a 41% boost in 2020. Given exports reached a reported …
Ningxia Nano | China’s First Single-Berry Brand “The Drop” to Launch This Week
The Drop is about to drop. Today, select wine bars in China will start selling this single-berry Ningxia wine created by Barossa-trained winemaker Shan Yudi. …