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Month: June 2020

Patriot games | Will China’s wine consumers ‘go local’?

June 11, 2020 boyce 0

Is it unpatriotic to buy foreign products. If you asked 400-plus wine consumers in China–who drink at least once per month–how many do you think …

Set in Stone | Xi Jinping visited this Ningxia winery yesterday

June 10, 2020 boyce 0

Lots of wine trade people were excited on WeChat last night following news that China’s President Xi Jinping visited a Ningxia winery. (I haven’t seen …

Oh natural | 17 Cafe back with a new space

June 9, 2020 boyce 0

No sooner did I finally write (yesterday) about the closing of natural wine bar 17 Cafe than I heard (today) about a grand opening being …

Taxing situation | U.S. wine importers get tariff relief

June 9, 2020 boyce 0

By Jim Boyce | It’s been a tough two years for U.S. wine importers in China, caught in a trade war between the source of …

GWoC talk | Wine nationalism, tariff relief, 90-point binges & more

June 9, 2020 boyce 0

Wine, nationalism and China. U.S. wine importers get tariff relief. Suckling’s 90-point China wine binge. Gernischt vs Marselan. And more. Blasted my latest Grape Wall …

E-guanxi! | China Food & Drinks Fair to go online in July

June 8, 2020 boyce 0

After endless delays, the sloppy sprawling annual ganbei-filled Spring guanxi-fest known as the China Food & Drinks Fair will be an online summer affair. Ganbei …

Fighting fakes | A guide to buying wine in China

June 3, 2020 boyce 0

China-based Jonathan Dahan recently posted a WeChat primer on dodgy wines in this country, including how to avoid them. Read on for both market insights …

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