Wine in Beijing: The City’s Best Deals, Part One
By Jim Boyce (t.sina / Twitter) A few months ago, I wrote a story about the Beijing wine scene for lifestyle magazine City Weekend. Here …
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Seven-year itch: DBR Lafite, Summergate end partnership; brand to join ASC
No foreign wine brand in China holds the cachet of Lafite. So it came as an eye-opener when I heard over the weekend that DBR …
A thousand bottles in Beijing: Hilton Food & Wine Experience XIII
Some wine events in Beijing offer such good value that they qualify as “must go“. These include the annual Hilton Food and Wine Experience, which …
A sparkler is haunting China: Karl Marx wine in Beijing
You’d think a wine named “Karl Marx” would be a red, but not so with this one I found haunting the shelves of Jinkelong supermarket …
Jancis Robinson to visit Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing in February
By Jim Boyce ASC and wine writer Jancis Robinson will team up for a series of events in China next month, according to a press …
Torres now distributing Tyrrell’s, Francis Ford Coppola, Rubicon Estate wines in China
By Jim Boyce Torres China has announced that its portfolio now includes Tyrrell’s and Francis Ford Coppola Winery, including the later winery’s Rubicon Estate. From …
ASC now distributing Peter Lehmann, Hess wines in China
ASC Fine Wines has added Peter Lehmann and Hess wines to its portfolio in the Chinese mainland as of January 1, according to the company. …
Too close for comfort? Great Wall maker COFCO takes over Chinese edition of Food & Wine
COFCO – owner of top-four Chinese winery Great Wall and a major player in boutique operation Chateau Junding – will take over the Chinese edition …
Got any loose change? Sotheby’s Hong Kong wine auction in January
By Jim Boyce The Lafitte-Petrus gravy train looks like it will continue at full speed next year when Sotheby’s holds its first Hong Kong wine …
Wining it up in Beijing: Italian wine dinner at Palette; Spanish wine and tapas party at Mosaic
Just in case you were looking to drink some wine tonight… Palette Vino, hutong edition, will hold an Italian wine dinner that pairs Pinot Grigio, …