Ola! Ningxia’s newest thing is a wine bar… in Mexico City
The Ningxia region is sponsoring a permanent pavilion in a Mexico City wine bar opened by Belgium-based contest organizer Concours Mondial. Yes, i just typed …
Month: July 2020
Rethink pink | Can a vodka soda drink help China’s wine trade?
(A version of this post previously appeared in Grape Wall newsletter) I really wish wine producers, retailers and writers in China would stop saying rosé …
‘Better ways to spend £200’ | Robinson’s sobering take on Ao Yun, Purple Air
Talk about a sobering take on Chinese wine. English critic Jancis Robinson just wrote in The Financial Times about two “ambitiously priced” Chinese wines, Ao …
China’s wine industry is tiny versus baijiu and beer
(A version of this article first appeared in Grape Wall newsletter.) Quick quiz: How much bigger is China’s local spirits industry than its local grape …
Case study | Three countries, three lawsuits with Chinese-owned entitites
Lots of letters about the law if you’re reading about the Chinese wine trade these days, including these three cases from three countries. In the …
90 on that | James Suckling giving high scores to Chinese wines
(This post first appeared in this Grape Wall newsletter.) James Suckling is awarding plenty of 90-points-or-more scores to wines from China. One of the latest is Ao …