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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 …
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 …
Case study | Three countries, three lawsuits with Chinese-owned entitites
Lots of letters about the law if you’re reading about the Chinese wine trade these days, including these three cases from three countries. In the …
90 on that | James Suckling giving high scores to Chinese wines
(This post first appeared in this Grape Wall newsletter.) James Suckling is awarding plenty of 90-points-or-more scores to wines from China. One of the latest is Ao …
Patriot games | Will China’s wine consumers ‘go local’?
Is it unpatriotic to buy foreign products. If you asked 400-plus wine consumers in China–who drink at least once per month–how many do you think …
Set in Stone | Xi Jinping visited this Ningxia winery yesterday
Lots of wine trade people were excited on WeChat last night following news that China’s President Xi Jinping visited a Ningxia winery. (I haven’t seen …
Oh natural | 17 Cafe back with a new space
No sooner did I finally write (yesterday) about the closing of natural wine bar 17 Cafe than I heard (today) about a grand opening being …
Taxing situation | U.S. wine importers get tariff relief
By Jim Boyce | It’s been a tough two years for U.S. wine importers in China, caught in a trade war between the source of …