Whistle wetter: Summergate to distribute Vittel water in China
By Jim Boyce Summergate Fine Wines has announced it will exclusively import and distribute Vittel still mineral water, from France, for the China market starting …
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Accepting applications: Landmark Australia tutorial set for next September in Yarra Valley
By Jim Boyce Wine Australia announced today that its second Landmark Australia tutorial will be held next September in Yarra Valley. Twelve wine experts from …
Fill your glass without emptying your wallet in Beijing: Torres Taste of Nations, Hilton Wine Experience
If, as I do, you like the sound of filling your glass with dozens of wines while only emptying your wallet of a few kuai, …
Grape Press: Cellar from Down Under; Latour, Lafite, and China; Canada, Chinese food, and wine
Some China-related wine info from the web… A cellar – and a criticism – from Down Under The Age reports that Australian winery Yabby Lake …
TORRES et ses Wine nights in Beijing: vins, mets et billard…
Translation by Nicolas Carre (see original in English here) Mangez, buvez, et placez les huit boules … Torres Chine a tenu recemment la cinquieme edition …
Torres Wine Night in Beijing: Eat, drink, eight ball corner pocket…
By Jim Boyce Torres China has been holding a series called Wine Night in Beijing that takes tasting in new directions. The fifth in the …
Wine the colour of coffee: Spanish tasting at The Vineyard Experience in Beijing
By Jim Boyce Wine the color of coffee. We finished on that bottle on Sunday as ten people gathered at Vineyard Wine Experience in Beijing …
Can it: Non-bottled bubbly in Beijing
By Jim Boyce Last week, the topic was sparkling wine from Champagne, this week it is sparkling wine from Chile, served in a… can. A …
Beijing bubbly: Champagne really sucks…
By Jim Boyce … the money out of our pockets. And I mean the price of mass market bubbly such as Mumm or Moet & …
On the vine: Junior sommelier session, Oregon wine tasting, Hilton wine fair
An offshoot of the China National Sommelier Competition, a ‘junior sommelier‘ session will be held in Beijing on July 5 and in Shanghai on July …