Through the grapevine: Gerard Colin to leave Lafite project in China
By Jim Boyce Word is Gerard Colin, who staked his claim to fame in China as the first winemaker at Grace Vineyard, will soon leave …
Month: March 2013
Chinese wine tasting: Great River Hill shines with Grace, Wangzhong, Helan Mountain, COFCO’s Michel Rolland
By Jim Boyce My impression of wine from the coastal province of Shandong is not good. Underwhelming and overpriced are the words that spring to …
Chengdu Wine Fair II: Torres to launch TerrAus, plus Denis Lin, Wine Australia, ladies night & more
By Jim Boyce A few items ahead of tomorrow’s official opening of the Chengdu wine fair — 糖酒会. (You can see yesterday’s post here: apologies …
Chengdu Wine Fair: Kiwi wineries, Changyu bubbly, Backstreet Boys & more
By Jim Boyce The 88th China Food and Drinks Fair — Táng JiÇ” Huì / 糖酒会 — officially starts Thursday but thousands of people are …
Seeking a sweet deal in China: Who wants some Idaho ice wine?
By Jim Boyce You might know a few things about Idaho, like: It is famous for potatoes. The capital is Boise. It has a cheese …
Strange new worlds: What if the theme of Star Trek had been wine?
By Jim Boyce “To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” …
“I’m making a comeback”: New Beijing winery project for Nicolas Billot-Grima
~ By Jim Boyce A thirty-minute chat over coffee and bagels turned into a seven-hour three-bottle-of-wine interview with wine maker Nicolas Billot-Grima in Beijing last …
Counting Chinese wines: How Berry Bros. & Rudd cured my insomnia
By Jim Boyce Just the other night, as I lay awake yet again at 3 AM with eyes wide, brow sweaty and mind swirling, I …
GWoC Talk II: Second issue of China wine newsletter rolls off e-presses
By Jim Boyce The second issue of Grape Wall’s new China wine newsletter went out yesterday afternoon and thus defied at least one person who …
Wine bars in Beijing: The Loop to reopen as bar and retail shop in May
By Jim Boyce Look for The Loop — sharing the same street as Nearby the Tree, Friend Bar and Two Guys and a Pie behind …