SuperGreat: Upcoming Acker wine auction in Hong Kong has 950+ lots
~ By Jim Boyce I got a bit picky in this January post when auction house Acker et al used the word “great” and its …
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China wine myths: Cheap labor, high taxes, export ambitions & more
(Posting this as a short break from helping with the Ningxia Wine Challenge. This region of China is paying for 10 foreign winemakers to visit …
China Wine Challenge ‘trophy’ winners: Silver Heights, Grace Vineyard & 9 more
By Jim Boyce The results of the China Wine Challenge were announced in a ballroom ceremony last week in Shanghai although the country’s vino-guzzling masses …
Beijing’s newest singles spot: Cru wine bar is a five-woman show
(Note: This post originally appeared on sibling blog Beijing Boyce.) By Jim Boyce When you hear a wine bar has opened in “the same building …
Double pour: Wine Republic to hold Jia Bei Lan dinner at Jaan in Raffles Beijing
By Jim Boyce After Jia Bei Lan Dry Red 2009 won an “international award” at the Decanter World Wine Awards in London, a first for …
Blueprint a better blue: On translating Robert Parker’s wine tasting notes into Chinese
~ By Jim Boyce I happily joined a dinner in Beijing a week ago with a group that included Marcus Ford, Stuart Christie and Jim …
China wine word: Opus One CEO David Pearson on fakes, strategies and styles
By Jim Boyce I met David Pearson, CEO of Opus One, and Yvonne Chiong-Mougin, the company’s Asia export manager, in Beijing yesterday to talk about …
RVF 2012 China Wine Awards: Li Demei, Emma Gao, Grace Vineyard lead way
By Jim Boyce The Chinese edition of wine magazine Revue du Vin de France revealed the winners of its 2012 China Wine Awards last week …
Matured two years: Nick Bartman’s investigation of fake wine, other IPR issues in China
By Jim Boyce In March of 2010, I met Nick Bartman twice in Beijing to talk about wine and intellectual property rights (IPR) in China. …
China seal: Tasting Series 1980 from Dynasty uses Nomacorc closure
Jim Boyce The synthetic closure above was made by Nomacorc and used to stop a bottle of Tasting Series 1980 wine produced by Dynasty. The …