The full Ponty | A family winery tells all about selling in China
By Jim Boyce | Six years, sixty cities, thousands of ganbeis and a master’s degree worth of lessons. When it comes to planting a family …
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Gadd max: Aussie talks Ningxia vines, wines and vintages
By Jim Boyce | Australian Mike Gadd was among the 48 contestants from 17 nations who joined the two-year Ningxia Winemakers Challenge (NWC) in 2015. He …
20 years, 20 questions | Judy Chan of Grace Vineyard
By Jim Boyce | Founded in 1997, Grace Vineyard in Shanxi is arguably the most important winery of the millennium in China. Grace has consistently created a …
Oliver Zhou of Vinehoo | Online retail, Shanghai customers and wine in China
By Jim Boyce | I recently talked to a bunch of trade people for a Shanghai retail story in Meininger’s Wine Business International. I could only …
Trial by fire | From ‘failure’ to success, a case study of wine in China
By Jim Boyce | This isn’t the first and won’t be the last time I post about CHEERS given how fast the company is growing …
The Italian Job | Rory Quirk of CruItaly’s wine strategy in China
By Jim Boyce Three years ago, IT company Xiao Fu Ecommerce Group saw an opportunity to promote not only wines but also coffee, fashion, home …
Australian Natural | Ross Tan and Nick van Leeuwen on organic wine, ‘affordable luxury’ and why everyone loves the pig
Ross Tan and Nick van Leeuwen of Australian Natural have spent most of their first year in business relentlessly promoting their organic and biodynamic wines in …
Wine word: Charles Simon on ‘Grower’s Champagne’ in China
We are seeing more and more quality bubbly in Beijing, whether from major players such as France, Spain and Italy or lesser-known ones such as South …
Feisty fifteen: Patricio de la Fuente-Saez on changes and lessons in the China wine market
Importer and distributor Links recently celebrated its fifteenth year in business and I asked co-owner Patricio de la Fuente-Saez a few questions about changes in …
Chris Roberts on the inaugural Food & Wine Experience at DoubleTree by Hilton Guangzhou
Many wine fans in Beijing make the annual pilgrimage to the Hilton Food and Wine Experience, which will mark its twentieth anniversary in just a few …