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Launched in 2007, Grape Wall of China covers everything from winery visits and consumer events to wine reviews and Q&As with key trade people. I also …
‘You need to have this’ | Natural wine in China
Natural wine is having a moment in China. A very long moment. I wrote about this scene for Meininger’s way way back in October. (Yes, …
Anti-dumping dump | More info on China’s case against Aussie wine
Got a bunch of emails, social media messages and phone calls about the anti-dumping probe China just launched into Australian wine imports. Here is some …
Crikey! China opens anti-dumping probe into Aussie wine
UpDaTe uPdAtE UpDaTe: I wrote a much longer more detailed version of this post for my newsletter. It’s full-length movie to this post’s trailer and …
Chardon-yay! 2020 grape harvest underway in China
The 2020 harvest in China has started, with operations in regions such as Shanxi, Ningxia and Xinjiang already picking their grapes. Wineries like Tiansai began …
Hu’s on second | DBR Lafite releases its second made-in-China wine
Less than a year after DBR Lafite launched its first made-in-China wine, Longdai, the Bordeaux icon followed up with a second label today at its …
Wine listings | Changyu places second in Brand Finance rankings
Massive Chinese wine producer Changyu has placed second in the inaugural “wine and Champagne” rankings just released by Brand Finance. Started in Shandong in 1892, …
Olé! Ningxia’s newest thing is a wine bar… in Mexico City
The Ningxia region is sponsoring a permanent pavilion in a Mexico City wine bar opened by Belgium-based contest organizer Concours Mondial. Yes, i just typed …
Rethink pink | Can a vodka soda drink help China’s wine trade?
(A version of this post previously appeared in Grape Wall newsletter) I really wish wine producers, retailers and writers in China would stop saying rosé …
‘Better ways to spend £200’ | Robinson’s sobering take on Ao Yun, Purple Air
Talk about a sobering take on Chinese wine. English critic Jancis Robinson just wrote in The Financial Times about two “ambitiously priced” Chinese wines, Ao …
China’s wine industry is tiny versus baijiu and beer
(A version of this article first appeared in Grape Wall newsletter.) Quick quiz: How much bigger is China’s local spirits industry than its local grape …