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(This article first appeared in the free Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up here.) The Economist‘s recent story “Wine from China is finer than Western snobs …

Cabernet Sauvignon is associated with Bordeaux and Pinot Noir with Burgundy, but you can find them side-by-side in the same vineyard—in the middle of a desert—in China. The …

During the Golden Week holidays, I organized a tasting focused on Chinese wines priced below RMB100 / US$14, a key price point in China. The …

Jiangyu, a garage-style winery nestled in Qiushan Valley near Yantai City, has released a coffee-and-wine-inspired package. First, the coffee. Raw beans from Yunnan are soaked 30 days …

We don’t get many wine fairs in Beijing, so I made a rare trip to city’s west side for the FS Wine Culture Fair—FS stands for …

China’s Wine List of the Year Awards are due out on October 19: I surveyed the six finalists from venues in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai …

Jeuce Huang of Taste Communications, and the marketing director for Wines of Germany in China, dropped news about a potential sales game-changer when she appeared …

China’s Grace Vineyard and Scotland’s Bruichladdich Distillery have collaborated on a series of whiskies. Grace Vineyard, with wineries in Shanxi and Ningxia, provided 100 barrels …

It was China vs The World at a Hong Kong tasting last week, with James Suckling and senior editor / China wine critic Shuai Zekun leading …

When I attend wine roadshows in Beijing, I find them heavy with “regulars”—event chasers who are at a different tasting every day but help make …