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Wine Business International

“China by numbers”, Jim Boyce

"China Customs has released its wine import statistics for 2012. While the figures aren’t perfect, they do provide a snapshot of what’s happening in the Middle Kingdom. Jim Boyce got out his calculator to figure out what’s hot and what’s not."

China Daily Africa

“Grapes of good hope”, Lu Chang

"Is it tough to sell South African wines? Yes," says Jim Boyce, a well-known wine writer, who runs the website called Grape Wall of China. "Most people know little about them. They don't have easy access to them in some cities, and instead tend to buy from brands and countries they know. "But the situation is changing because there are distributors expanding throughout the country with South African wines in their portfolios, and there is a growing niche of consumers interested in trying new wines." Evidence that Chinese drinkers are developing a taste for South African wine can be seen in the results of a contest organized by Jim Boyce, founder of the wine website Grape Wall of China. For the contest, a dozen Chinese customers sampled 40 wines priced below 100 yuan and ranked them on different aspects. In each of the four years that the contest has been held, South African wines have been in the top three slots. "This is a small sample and the wine is inexpensive, but it is still a good sign for South African wines," Boyce says.

Beijing Today

“Wines for the Holidays”, Annie Wei

On Wednesday, wine and nightlife blogger Jim Boyce hosted the fourth Grape Wall Challenge at F by Tribute, a new restaurant on Sanlitun South Street. As usual, the event invited 10 to 20 average consumers and experts to blind-taste and rate 10 wines that retail for less than 100 yuan.

Wine Business

“Ningxia Wine Province: Will They Achieve Vision to be Highest Quality Wine Region in China?”, Liz Thach

"The coordinator of the competition, Jim Boyce, prefaced the tasting by advising the judges that we were looking for wines that were at least of commercial quality. This is because in many previous Chinese competitions, a large majority of the wines had faults and/or were thin and green tasting. In Ningxia, however, we only found 7 to 8 wines that were faulty, and this was mainly due to oxidation issues."

Reuters

“Chinese producers see red over cheap European wine”, Terril Yue Jones

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Wine Business International

“Wine distributors in China”, Jim Boyce

"China is a difficult and complex market to enter, so the safest thing is to identify the strongest players in the market."

China Daily

“Jim Boyce unravels the intriguing Chinese grapevine”, Mike Peters

"While the quality-wine market has been curbed by expectations ("Is it French? Is it Bordeaux?") and limited production, that's changing now that Chinese wines like Helan's Jia Bei Lan are starting to win international recognition. "But it's still going to be awhile before city folks in China can shop for many of these wines, Boyce says, especially those produced in the western provinces."