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Wine meets weightlifting | Pasion’s Alberto Pascual

October 5, 2020 boyce 0

By Jim Boyce | Wine and weightlifting are a perfect pairing for Alberto Pascual of Shanghai-based distributor Pasion. Pascual often shoulders a heavy load–13 bottles …

‘Things are totally out of control’ |Q&A with wine ‘antisnob’ Tim Hanni

April 21, 2020 boyce 0

I first met Tim Hanni when he visited Beijing just after The Wall Street Journal labeled him as the wine “antisnob.” I organized a dinner …

Mama quarantina! Q&A with Veronafiere China’s Simone Incontro

April 17, 2020 boyce 0

Simone Incontro, the head of Veronafiere for China, returned from Italy in late March. His plane was diverted from Beijing to Tianjin, where he was …

Pontyfications | Bordeaux’s China exodus, ‘passionate’ distributors & new niches

December 2, 2019 boyce 0

Helene Ponty has partnered with distributors in fifty-plus cities in China to sell her family’s Bordeaux wine. She’s everywhere from “tier one” metropolises like Beijing and …

‘Check, double check and triple check’ | Q&A with Lee Yean Yean of Grace Vineyard

October 15, 2019 boyce 0

Grace Vineyard winemaker / “beer o’clock” aficionado Lee Yean Yean has been busy shifting between harvests in Shanxi and Ningxia, so of course I asked …

Gadd Max II: Aussie talks Ningxia, new winery and noodle strainers

October 12, 2019 boyce 0

By Jim Boyce | Last year, I interviewed Australian Mike Gadd about the wines, vineyards and grapes of Ningxia as we drove about the region in the delivery …

‘The best vintage’ | Denise Cosentino on making wine at Nine Peaks

October 8, 2019 boyce 0

Italian winemaker Denise Cosentino has been at Chateau Nine Peaks in Shandong province the past three vintages. I asked her about this year’s harvest, dealing …

“If they don’t care, we also don’t care” | Simon Su on Chinese tariffs, US wines

July 8, 2019 boyce 0

Shanghai-based Simon Su has imported Santa Barbara brands Dierberg and Star Lane for nearly a decade—and has a lot to say about the three Chinese …

China wine bar identity | Isabella Ko of The Merchants

June 8, 2019 boyce 0

By Jim Boyce | The Merchants, a wine bar, cafe and gallery space near the National Art Museum in Beijing, opened late last year and …

Home strewth | Andrew Caillard on Australian wine success in China

February 20, 2019 boyce 0

By Jim Boyce |Andrew Caillard has spent tons of time in China, whether to judge in contests like Wine 100, to promote Australian wine in …

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