Q&A: RVF publisher Lin Libo on this year’s crop of Chinese wines
By Jim Boyce The local edition of French magazine La Revue du Vin de France will soon reveal the top bottles from its annual tasting …
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Q&A with Damien Shee of Torres China: On regional differences, retail expansion, the wine glut & more
~ By Jim Boyce Is there a wine glut in China? What distinguishes customers in the north from those elsewhere in the country? And what …
Chateau Hansen in China: Bruno Paumard pursues wine in ‘Grand Cru style’
By Jim Boyce Inner Mongolia operation Chateau Hansen will soon launch a new ‘Red Camel’ wine that wine maker Bruno Paumard says is made in …
Jancis Robinson Q&A: On China’s wines, Cabernet Gernischt, ‘American Wines’ & more
~ By Jim Boyce English wine writer Jancis Robinson has been visiting China and its wineries for more than a decade, with her most recent …
Gaia Gaja: On Chinese wine consumers, Italian imports, auctions & more
By Jim Boyce Gaia Gaja of Piedmont-based winery Gaja has been to China over a dozen times since her first visit in 2005, including one …
“I’m making a comeback”: New Beijing winery project for Nicolas Billot-Grima
~ By Jim Boyce A thirty-minute chat over coffee and bagels turned into a seven-hour three-bottle-of-wine interview with wine maker Nicolas Billot-Grima in Beijing last …
Dean Hewitson in China: Knowledge, wine market strategy and Mourvedre
By Jim Boyce Dean Hewiston of the eponymous South Australian winery was in town last week and I had a chance to ask him five …
Wine makers in China: Mihalis Boutaris finds a ‘sweet spot’ for grapes in Gansu
~ By Jim Boyce Shandong, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Hebei, Yunnan. A short list of spots where people are pinning their hopes for the future of China’s …
Family man in Beijing: Miguel Torres on Parker, Cava and Chinese vineyards
By Jim Boyce Family is a key theme — perhaps the key theme — when it comes to Spanish winery Torres. Though a huge operation, …
Gerard Basset to China sommeliers: Your job is sales
~ By Jim Boyce “The sommelier is a salesman, but some [in the business] do not like this,” said Gerard Basset to several hundred people, …