Sommelier showdown: Park Hyatt Beijing takes the China wine services title
By Jim Boyce The finals of the recent National Wine Services Team Competition in Shanghai saw the Park Hyatt Beijing, led by captain Lee Meiyue, …
Month: November 2012
Gerard Basset to China sommeliers: Your job is sales
~ By Jim Boyce “The sommelier is a salesman, but some [in the business] do not like this,” said Gerard Basset to several hundred people, …
China wine maps: So, um, where is Ningxia? And where are its wineries?
By Jim Boyce While quite a few people have heard about the up-and-coming wine region of Ningxia, some only vaguely know the location of this isolated …
Head of the glass: Professor Ma Huiqin on teaching wine appreciation in China for 10+ years
~ Professor Ma Huiqin started a wine appreciation course in 1998 at China Agricultural University in Beijing. Except for a three-year break, when she was …
Parker in Peking flashback: The man, the visit, the poster…
By Jim Boyce It’s been more than four years since Robert Parker made his first — and only — visit to Beijing, a trip that …
New wine show math in Shanghai: ProWein + FHC China = ProWine China
~ By Jim Boyce Messe Düsseldorf, organizer of the massive ProWein wine fair in Germany, and China International Exhibitions (CIE), organizer of Food and Hospitality …
Michel Rolland to China wine industry: Work on your vineyards
~ By Jim Boyce Focus on the vineyards. That is the advice winemaker and consultant Michel Rolland had for China’s wine industry during a series …
English sparkling wine in China: Will Chapel Down fight its way in?
~ By Jim Boyce Perhaps not quite yet. But Chapel Down sparkling wine from Kent did make an appearance at the White Collar Boxing event …
In China’s Outback: Australian Lilian Carter on making wine in Xinjiang
~ By Jim Boyce This fall, Lillian Carter started her second China adventure when she headed to Xinjiang winery Wang Zhong, a six-hour drive south …
Gamay-zing: Four Beaujolais Nouveau parties in Beijing and Shanghai
~ By Nicolas Carre That time of year is here again: the launch of Beaujolais Nouveau. For some, the parties are a novelty and a …