China wine labels: Does ‘E-mail’ wine deserve save or delete?
~ Forget wine scores out of 20 or 100. Here’s a bottle of “E-mail” Dry Red Wine from Great Wall that you could simply designate …
Month: November 2011
Australia Wine Annual: Jeremy Oliver releases Chinese-language edition, to host Beijing events
Writer Jeremy Oliver is doing a series of events to launch the Chinese-language version of his 2012 Australian Wine Annual. In Beijing, Oliver will be …
Bidder up: Notes from a Bordeaux-heavy wine auction in Beijing
~ By Jim Boyce I went to a wine auction in Beijing on Saturday because: a) fellow Grape Wall guy Nicolas Carre invited me, b) …
Another French connection? Re a Cheval Blanc vineyard in China
By Jim Boyce A very famous Bordeaux Château is about to announce a major investment in China.’ This was Li De Mei’s tantalising sign-off at …
China winery photo essay: Great Wall in Hebei Province
By Jim Boyce Great Wall is part of COFCO, a Fortune Global 500 company, and produces over 100 million bottles of wine per year. COFCO …
North by Northwest China Wine Challenge: The Winners
~ Fourteen judges gathered in the Hilton Beijing last Saturday to try two dozen Chinese wines from the north and northwestern regions of the nation. …
North by Northwest Challenge: The Judges
Fourteen judges tasted 24 wines during the North by Northwest China Wine Challenge held yesterday morning at the Hilton Beijing. The wines hailed from Xinjiang, …
Grape Wall Challenge III: Best white wines under RMB100
I already covered the top five red wines from the third annual Grape Wall Challenge, held on Tuesday in Modo restaurant in Beijing. Now it …
Grape Wall Challenge III: Best red wines under RMB100
~ The third annual Grape Wall Challenge, held on Tuesday in Beijing, saw Chinese consumers sniff, sip and score nearly 40 wines — split between …
Grape Wall Challenge III results delayed: Because…
… one of the wines that scored very high turns out to have a regular price that is not under rmb100. It looks like there …