Minimal Intervention, Minimal Investment: Trending in Chinese Wine
I organized a wine tasting with the theme ‘minimal intervention, minimal investment’ in Beijing last week. The ‘minimal intervention’ part is easy to grasp. In …
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The Yeast is Red | Project reduces import domination, helps wines reflect Chinese terroir
The normally niche topic of Chinese wine yeast strains received just mainstream media attention due to a project said to end the dominance of imported …
RIP Cao Kailong | Former wine bureau chief helped Ningxia’s industry rise
RIP Cao Kailong, a key figure in the rise of Ningxia’s wine industry during the past decade. Cao Kailong was born in 1965 in Haiyuan …
Field tests | Marselan blooms in Bordeaux
In a video call this week, Cécile Ha of Bordeaux wine bureau CIVB discussed Marselan, one of six newly approved grape varieties in the region, …
Panda Penfolds | TWE is making wine in China
This month must smell like victory for those who pushed for tariffs on Australian wine. In exchange for essentially being pushed out of the market …
Customs data | Bottled wine imports in China down yet again
I’ve been super busy lately so I’ll be doing catchup these next few weeks, including posts on TWE’s made-in-China Penfolds, how the COVID-19 pandemic is …
New school | Marlborough-Ningxia viticulture degree proposed
A joint viticulture degree by schools in Marlborough and Ningxia is in the works. From a Marlborough Research Center post this month: “Our proposal is …
Vino in Cina | Italians working in Chinese wineries
Simone Incontro–the China rep for Veronafiere–and I have talked a lot about his fellow Italians working in China’s wine industry. Not as importers and distributors, …
China wine sales | Ningxia exports up 256% in 2021
Ningxia’s authorities are reporting a 256% rise in wine exports for 2021, on top of a 41% boost in 2020. Given exports reached a reported …
BinGo! A made-in-China Penfolds in Ningxia?
Online trade publication WBO reports that Treasury Wine Estates, best-known for its Penfolds label, is making progress in plans to make wine in China. WBO …