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Q&8 | Simone Incontro on natural wine, Chinese consumers & more

March 12, 2023 boyce 0

I interviewed Simone Incontro, the China rep for Veronafiere and its trade fair Wine to Asia, for a recent Wine Searcher article on the rise …

Q&8 | Ian Dai on Chinese terroir, niche wines & global dreams

March 11, 2023 boyce 0

I interviewed Ian Dai, who makes wine in Ningxia, Yunnan, Hebei and elsewhere under the label Xiao Pu aka Petit Garden, for this Wine Searcher …

Flashback: Chinese Wines 15 Years Ago

February 20, 2023 boyce 0

Fifteen years ago, I organized a tasting of nine Chinese wines in Beijing. Here is that post paired with some ‘where are they now?’ updates–in …

198: The Number of the Boozst!

February 20, 2023 boyce 0

The algorithm always gets you. Watch a few “buy six bottles of alcohol for RMB198!” videos on WeChat and suddenly more are popping up left, …

Drinks in the Park | The CHILL AF Tasting Series

February 20, 2023 boyce 0

“Should we cancel the tasting?” “Nah, let’s just do it outdoors.” A few months ago, when neither restaurants nor bars could accept patrons due to …

sCANAANdinavia! China’s Canaan & DFC Wines in Sweden

February 14, 2023 boyce 0

Stockholm is stocked with a bunch of Chinese wines thanks to Ludvig Saaf, who also serves the Swedish market with Chinese baijiu, Shaoxing rice wine …

Best ‘best China wine list’ ever? | Q&8 with Shuai Zekun

February 8, 2023 boyce 0

I’ve seen many lists of top Chinese wines over the years but last month’s effort by Shuai Zekun, senior editor for jamessuckling.com, is among the best published in English. …

Three Years Later | COVID & The Damage Done

February 8, 2023 boyce 0

Three years ago today, I posted “Virus crisis: Ten ways China’s wine trade is hurting” and explained how COVID had already led to slashed flights, …

Model Teas: Oolong, Jasmine & Longjing Chardonnays by Lingering Clouds

February 7, 2023 boyce 0

Is it not destiny for a country traditionally associated with tea to marry that brew with its modern grape wine industry? Jianjun ‘Johnny’ Liu of …

Post-COVID Report: Revisiting a Chinese winery three years later

February 7, 2023 boyce 0

Bittersweet moment in the finger-numbing cold and flag-snapping wind at the Domaine Franco-Chinois winery near Beijing a few weeks ago. Three years earlier, I stood in …

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