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DRiNK

“China Wine Scene: Can Ningxia maintain its momentum?”, Jim Boyce

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The Guardian

“China becomes biggest market for red wine”, Kim Willsher, Tania Branigan

"While imports to China rose 5% by volume last year, their value grew just 0.5%, said Jim Boyce, writer of the Grape Wall of China blog."

CNC

“China’s changing wine market”

"What you have is, number, one more information from the internet. There is a free flow of information, you can go online to see the price from other countries, so you know if you are paying the right price or not. The other thing is thtat people's taste are changing, because they are becoming more experienced, they are deciding, well, I'm going to drink things I like... But for me the biggest trend is that people have more money. I remember when I came here eight years ago, I would take my co-workers out and spend 50 RMB on a martini and they thought I was crazy. Now they are spending more money than I am. So I think those three factors are really converging to create a bigger group of people who actually like wine. Not just drinking it because it looks fancy, or because it's expensive, but they actually like the taste of it, that for me is the most exciting thing right now."

Global Times

“Bubble trouble”, Zhang Yiqian

Another region to watch is Shanxi Province, where Grace Vineyard, 40 kilometers south of Taiyuan, has a range of sparkling wines among its production of 400,000 bottles per year. "This project has been in the works since 2009. I got a sample from the winery and did a taste test with chefs from some top Beijing restaurants earlier this year, and they were impressed," said Boyce. "There won't be a lot of it, maybe 3,000 bottles, and [at 300 yuan per bottle] it won't be cheap. But I think it will make a splash."

The Beijinger

“Beijing’s 20 Most Interesting People”, Steven Schwankert

"For a nightcap, he expanded to writing about wine via his Grape Wall of China blog, and in the process established himself as one of the leading voices on Chinese wine in English."

China Daily Europe

“Youthful ambition, master service”, Joseph Catanzaro

"Wine expert Jim Boyce, the founder of popular blog Grape Wall of China, says Deetlefs and Cao have built a loyal following in Beijing based on quality products and reasonable pricing."

DRiNK

“Jancis Robinson puts China on the world wine map / 简希罗宾森将中国收入世界葡萄酒地图)”

"In a recent interview with Jim Boyce, Robinson says she believed that Chinese wine quality had improved considerably. “Everything seems to be going in the right direction with wine quality steadily increasing — far more worthwhile products than there used to be.”"

BBC

“Will China ever be a wine superpower?”, Celia Hatton

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