Are you going to San Francisco? California Grapes holds test-run of Beijing wine shop
By Jim Boyce The polished cement floor is meant to evoke San Francisco Bay, the large round lights to evoke the Golden Gate Bridge, the …
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Cabernet Ger-what? Waitrose in London stocks Chinese wine from Changyu
UK supermarket chain Waitrose has added its first Chinese wine, a Cabernet Gernischt from Changyu, one of the China’s top three producers in terms of …
Pisano on the patio: Torres China opens first Everwines branch in Beijing
By Jim Boyce Torres China, which distributes wine from 16 nations and handles two of this country’s top brands — Grace Vineyards and Silver Heights …
OIV in Ningxia: President Quini, Director-General Castellucci to visit Yinchuan in August
The Ningxia region of China will develop its ties to the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) when top officials from that intergovernmental group …
Ningxia Wine Challenge: The Expert Panel Selects Ten Candidates
By Jim Boyce The Ningxia Wine Challenge will fund ten winemakers to visit the Ningxia region, join harvest and make one red wine and one …
Ningxia Wine Challenge: Site hacked, contest goes on, details here
~ By Jim Boyce Recent visitors to the Ningxia Wine Challenge website might have noticed that the pacifying photo of grape vines has been replaced …
Wine writing in China: Professor and winemaker Li Demei launches book
~ By Jim Boyce Li Demei — who teaches at Beijing University of Agriculture, consults to wineries aound China, is active as a wine writer, …
Online wine retail in China: TasteV, Grace Vineyard and market price
By Jim Boyce Still on the topic of online wine retail, I raised the following issue on Weibo a while back but it is still bothering …
Online wine retail in China: What’s happening at yangjiu.com?
By Jim Boyce Update (07/23): I have been unable to reach yangjiu.com via any of the links on its website (the phone numbers are top …
In with a (very loud) bang: Photo essay of Yantai International Wine Exposition opening in China
By Jim Boyce The opening of the Yantai International Wine Exposition started off as a brain-numbing exercise that involved the introduction of dozens of dignitaries …