Friday fun in Beijing: Taste more than 100 Chinese wines
Friday is your lucky day if you’ve been wondering, “where can I start my weekend with more than one hundred Chinese wines? French critics Michel …
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Vintage notes: Robert Parker on the Great Wall of China
By Jim Boyce Four years ago this weekend, I set a personal record—one that still stands today—for most money spent on a wine event, when …
No worries: Australia targeting China wine market at every level
Australia — excuse an indirect kangaroo reference — is really hopping when it comes to the China wine scene. First, the country has maintained a …
What if I eat the cork? Wine tips with world sommelier champ Shinya Tasaki
By Jim Boyce | Shinya Tasaki was world’s best sommelier in 1995, chairs the technical commission of ASI (International Sommelier Association), and oversaw the jury …
Old drops: Patricio de la Fuente Saez on 1831 Yquem, century-old shipwreck Champagne & more
By Jim Boyce On Monday, I posted the first part of an interview with Patricio de la Fuente Saez, managing director of Links Concept, about …
Wine Word: Patricio de la Fuente Saez of Links Concept
By Jim Boyce In late November, I met Patricio de la Fuente Saez, managing director of Links Concept, which expanded its China presence by opening …
A mystery solved: What does Foreign Girl taste like?
What does Foreign Girl taste like? Strawberries. So concluded a group that last night tried a bottle of this liquid concocted by Chang Bai Shan …
Wine word: Jean-Michel Cazes, Chateau Lynch-Bages
By Jim Boyce I have been fortunate over the past year to taste a world of wines with fellow consumers and to meet some of …
Beijing Bob: Dinner with Robert Parker on the Great Wall of China
By Jim Boyce | I joined forty people on the Great Wall on May 24 for dinner with the world’s most influential wine critic Robert …
Wine Word | Robert Parker in Beijing
By Jim Boyce | Making his first visit to continental China, critic Robert Parker led 50 people on a “trade tasting” of eight wines in …