Comments on: Done deal? China’s Great Wall winery to acquire Penfolds https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/ Wine and the World's Biggest Market Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:48:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Grape Wall of China » Pandas and koalas: Will a Chinese firm snap up a Foster’s winery? https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-1019 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:54:32 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-1019 […] globe-trotting Penfolds brand Grange. The label features pandas and koalas hugging. That was this year’s April fool’s joke on the blog (kudos to reader […]

]]> By: Marc https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-833 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:18:52 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-833 My mouth was hanging wide open in disbelief…then I saw the April Fools! You got me Jim! Very funny.

]]> By: Daniel https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-832 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:11:15 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-832 Boyce, just as we were casually commenting here. Decanter reports on Chinese snapping up Bordeaux in time for Olympics 2008!

Here’s the link:
http://www.decanter.com/news/224726.html

]]> By: admin https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-830 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:29:51 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-830 @ 8 Songs,

I know you’re being sarcastic.

@ asti,

I hope you are being sarcastic, too.

@ Daniel,

It sounds like there WILL be a lot of fine wine at the Olympics, given the amount of stock in this country at the moment.

@ Oenoli,

Maybe they can do a whole series of bottles – pandas hugging koalas, koalas hugging pandas, and… well, I’ll leave it to your imagination.

Cheers, Boyce

]]> By: Oenoli https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-829 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:48:32 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-829 Excellent stuff! I’d love to see a panda hugging a koala though))

]]> By: asti https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-828 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:22:23 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-828 no sense at all to raise “China Threat” issue at this sensitive time. not funny!

]]> By: Daniel https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-827 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:12:02 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-827 This is certainly a nice joke with a Chinese twist to it. Good grace … might as well say Beijing Olympics to serve fine and rare wines … Nice efforts though.

]]> By: 8 songs https://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-826 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:04:49 +0000 http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2008/04/01/done-deal-chinas-great-wall-winery-to-acquire-penfolds/#comment-826 That’s not funny! For a moment I was absolutely aghast. Your contributor should find a less sensitive subject to make jokes about.

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