Comments on: The Wine Residence: Give us Shanghai’s thirsty elite https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/01/08/the-wine-residence-give-us-shanghai%e2%80%99s-thirsty-elite/ Wine and the World's Biggest Market Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:04:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: ASC to open Wine Gallery next week, plus Changyu AFIP, Wine & Wine | Beijing Boyce https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/01/08/the-wine-residence-give-us-shanghai%e2%80%99s-thirsty-elite/#comment-66794 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:04:11 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/01/08/the-wine-residence-give-us-shanghai%e2%80%99s-thirsty-elite/#comment-66794 […] Wine importer and distributor ASC will open The Wine Gallery late next week in Swire Village North in Sanlitun. This long-awaited three-level venue will include a cellar, training room, lounge, VIP area, and terrace. It follows on The Wine Residence opened by ASC in Shanghai two years ago. […]

]]> By: admin https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/01/08/the-wine-residence-give-us-shanghai%e2%80%99s-thirsty-elite/#comment-597 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:17:48 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/01/08/the-wine-residence-give-us-shanghai%e2%80%99s-thirsty-elite/#comment-597 Hi Marcus,

And thanks for the comment. I am also curious to see if the memberships take off. Last night, I went to Cave, a wine bar here in Beijing that started off as The Cellar, which was based on the locker / membership idea and failed badly.

But as I always tell people who bring Hong Kong or Shanghai bars to Beijing — this ain’t Hong Kong or Shanghai. So, I’m more optimistic of a project like this working in Shanghai, with so much entrepreneurial money, than in Beijing.

Cheers, Jim

]]> By: Marcus Ford https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/01/08/the-wine-residence-give-us-shanghai%e2%80%99s-thirsty-elite/#comment-596 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:22:27 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/01/08/the-wine-residence-give-us-shanghai%e2%80%99s-thirsty-elite/#comment-596 This really is a ground breaking venture, I have been to several tastings already and it is a great project. It will be interesting to see whether the commercial side of things- IE the wine lockers and memberships take off-but congratulations to ASC for creating a quality venue for education and wine appreciation. I think it also highlights the care and level of quality required to store wine properly, something no one really takes seriously enough in China.

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