Q&8

After establishing wineries in Bulgaria and Romania, financier Karl Hauptmann expanded to China in 2008 by founding Chateau Nine Peaks in Laixi, a city just …

“I firmly believed the eastern foothills of the Helan Mountains would become a renowned wine region. Without that belief, how could I have endured so …

Shuai Zekun ranks among the keenest observers of the Chinese wine scene. As senior editor for James Suckling, he has not only covered Chile, Argentina, Spain and …

Kathleen Burk’s path has gone from a mid-century California farm that grew grapes to writing a 600-page work on the world history of wine. Her …

Li Jing aka Melvin Li left behind the world of finance to found the Ningxia winery Haiyue Renhe with spouse Li Jie in 2016. Set …

The high-altitude region of Deqin County aka Shangri-la in Yunnan province—the Chinese charactars for Yunnan mean “clouds” and “mountains”—is attracting attention from wine aficionados. Feng …

No one is championing Chinese wine in Australia quite like Hamish Williams. He officially launched importer / distributor Periphery Wine last year and is already …

It’s one thing to export wine. It’s another to sell enough to need a second shipment. Such repeat business has often proven fleeting for Chinese …

It seems every week I hear someone say the “natural wines trend” is in decline in China, that sales are tough, that a specialized wine …

(This Q&8 first appeared in the Grape Wall Newsletter. Sign up for free here.) Frustration with local farmers and foreign consultants. The soul-destroying cases of …