Joining the bunch: Frankie Zhao, Pro-Wine Training & Consultancy
Frankie Zhao is joining the group of contributors at Grape Wall of China, a site that brings wine consumers, distributors, makers, academics and consultants together …
Taste of the Nations: The Sequel
By Jim Boyce After Torres China organized Taste of the Nations last November, Beijing consumers found other local wine distributors lining up a good portion …
Update: Grape Wall – The Interviews
By Jim Boyce As a wine drinker, I love to hear as many voices as possible, including those of wine writers, consumers, distributors, makers and …
Beijing Olympics picks – wine bars
Cross-posted from my Beijing nightlife blog. I’ll soon post a list of Chinese wines to try for those in Beijing for the Olympics – it’s …
Beijing wine bar boom: Shunyi, China View, The Place, Gongti West
Wine shops continue to pop up about the city. Here are a few recent additions – and more are on the way. The Cellar Lounge …
Update: Grape Wall of China
Apologies all around for the light posting of late – with the Olympics around the corner, I’ve been tied up with my Beijing nightlife blog, …
Wine Word – Maxim Beijing’s Manager Nicholas Carre
By Jim Boyce Nicolas Carre is manager of the new Maxim’s (Solana) in Beijing, a trained sommelier, creator and director of local French-language newsletter Ping …
Wine word: Robert Joseph on China wine tourism, blind tastings, and more
By Jim Boyce Robert Joseph is founder of the International Wine Challenge, author of The Complete Encyclopedia of Wine, editor-at-large for Wine Business International, and …
Friday food fight: Beijing duck
By Jim Boyce If nothing else, food and wine pairing makes for fun research. To this end, I will post a photo of a Chinese …
Wine word – Tyler ‘Dr Vino’ Colman on wine politics, carbon footprints, and more
By Jim Boyce New York-based Tyler Colman writes the accessible, informative, and entertaining blog Dr. Vino, which nicely lives up to its tag line, “wine …