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UpDaTe uPdAtE UpDaTe: I wrote a much longer more detailed version of this post for my newsletter. It’s full-length movie to this post’s trailer and …

The 2020 harvest in China has started, with operations in regions such as Shanxi, Ningxia and Xinjiang already picking their grapes. Wineries like Tiansai began …

Less than a year after DBR Lafite launched its first made-in-China wine, Longdai, the Bordeaux icon followed up with a second label today at its …

Massive Chinese wine producer Changyu has placed second in the inaugural “wine and Champagne” rankings just released by Brand Finance. Started in Shandong in 1892, …

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 …

(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 …

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 …

(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 …

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 …

(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 …