Macau discards wine tax
By Jim Boyce Decanter reports that gambling hotspot Macau scrapped its 15 percent tax on wine, just months after Hong Kong took similar measures, though …
Month: August 2008
Friday food fight: Dirt
By Jim Boyce All right, it’s Friday afternoon and I can’t access any of my photos of Chinese dishes, so I’m stretching to cover a …
Wine word: Jean-Michel Cazes, Chateau Lynch-Bages
By Jim Boyce I have been fortunate over the past year to taste a world of wines with fellow consumers and to meet some of …
Global glutonny: The World Series of Wine
By Jim Boyce, Break out the baseball bats wine glasses as China World Hotel gets set to hold The World Series of Wine. The series …
Joining the bunch: Frankie Zhao, Pro-Wine Training & Consultancy
Frankie Zhao is joining the group of contributors at Grape Wall of China, a site that brings wine consumers, distributors, makers, academics and consultants together …
Taste of the Nations: The Sequel
By Jim Boyce After Torres China organized Taste of the Nations last November, Beijing consumers found other local wine distributors lining up a good portion …
Update: Grape Wall – The Interviews
By Jim Boyce As a wine drinker, I love to hear as many voices as possible, including those of wine writers, consumers, distributors, makers and …
Beijing Olympics picks – wine bars
Cross-posted from my Beijing nightlife blog. I’ll soon post a list of Chinese wines to try for those in Beijing for the Olympics – it’s …
Beijing wine bar boom: Shunyi, China View, The Place, Gongti West
Wine shops continue to pop up about the city. Here are a few recent additions – and more are on the way. The Cellar Lounge …
Update: Grape Wall of China
Apologies all around for the light posting of late – with the Olympics around the corner, I’ve been tied up with my Beijing nightlife blog, …