From Ljubljana with love: Beijing’s second Slovenian wine tasting
Alan Ujcic: ‘Welcome to Slovenia!’ Thirty-five people gathered for the most recent Friday night gathering at Sequoia Café as Alan Ujcic arranged a second tasting …
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Dead Grapes Society, ‘top grade’ wine club, Is China the new Chile?
– By Jim Boyce The Daily Telegraph asks, “Is China the new Chile when it comes to wine?” This an interesting query, particularly since some …
Ice Bar: This Champagne is definitely chilled
China World Hotel opened Ice Bar a few weeks ago, just outside Aria. As reported earlier, the bar is, not surprisingly, made of ice and …
Replay: 100 wines for 100 kuai
– By Jim Boyce Palette held an excellent tasting in December of more than 100 of the wines it distributes. The price tag? A mere …
Holiday warm-up: 100 wines for 100 kuai, and more
Here are a few wine tastings over the next few days to get you warmed up for Christmas: December 22 Let the holiday spirit pour …
Launched: Greater China Sherry Association
– By Jim Boyce and Campbell Thompson The Greater China Sherry Wine Association held its inaugural Beijing event one month ago. A dozen Beijing-based wine …
Small haul in Beijing: Hot, moist weather affects production
– By Alain Leroux We didn’t have a lot of grapes this year at Taillan. The main problem is that I left for a three-week …
Beijing Wine Club: Second anniversary party this Saturday
The Beijing Wine Club will hold its second anniversary and wine awards on December 15 at Sequoia Café (Guanghua Road). The party gets started at …
Good Fallows: In China, writer finds message in the bottle
I spotted a post by James Fallows (The Atlantic Monthly) about buying an 11.8 RMB bottle of “China Red Wine.” His comment, “How bad can it be?” …
Bubbly Beijing: Which of these six wines sparkles?
– By Jim Boyce “Green is go, red is stop,” explains Frank Siegel as he hands each participant two poker chips at his most recent …