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Month: November 2011

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China wine labels: Does ‘E-mail’ wine deserve save or delete?

November 29, 2011 0

~ 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 …

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Australia Wine Annual: Jeremy Oliver releases Chinese-language edition, to host Beijing events

November 29, 2011 0

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 …

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Bidder up: Notes from a Bordeaux-heavy wine auction in Beijing

November 28, 2011 0

~ By Jim Boyce I went to a wine auction in Beijing on Saturday because: a) fellow Grape Wall guy Nicolas Carre invited me, b) …

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Another French connection? Re a Cheval Blanc vineyard in China

November 26, 2011 0

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 …

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China winery photo essay: Great Wall in Hebei Province

November 24, 2011 1

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 …

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North by Northwest China Wine Challenge: The Winners

November 14, 2011 2

~ Fourteen judges gathered in the Hilton Beijing last Saturday to try two dozen Chinese wines from the north and northwestern regions of the nation. …

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North by Northwest Challenge: The Judges

November 13, 2011 0

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, …

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Grape Wall Challenge III: Best white wines under RMB100

November 11, 2011 0

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 …

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Grape Wall Challenge III: Best red wines under RMB100

November 10, 2011 1

~ The third annual Grape Wall Challenge, held on Tuesday in Beijing, saw Chinese consumers sniff, sip and score nearly 40 wines — split between …

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Grape Wall Challenge III results delayed: Because…

November 9, 2011 1

… one of the wines that scored very high turns out to have a regular price that is not under rmb100. It looks like there …

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