YGC Represent! Young Chinese Winemakers Team Up
“What is this era’s defining wine style?” “What is the true nature of the country’s terroir?” “What are the limits of making wine?” These are …
Q&8 | Simone Incontro on natural wine, Chinese consumers & more
I interviewed Simone Incontro, the China rep for Veronafiere and its trade fair Wine to Asia, for a recent Wine Searcher article on the rise …
Q&8 | Ian Dai on Chinese terroir, niche wines & global dreams
I interviewed Ian Dai, who makes wine in Ningxia, Yunnan, Hebei and elsewhere under the label Xiao Pu aka Petit Garden, for this Wine Searcher …
Flashback: Chinese Wines 15 Years Ago
Fifteen years ago, I organized a tasting of nine Chinese wines in Beijing. Here is that post paired with some ‘where are they now?’ updates–in …
198: The Number of the Boozst!
The algorithm always gets you. Watch a few “buy six bottles of alcohol for RMB198!” videos on WeChat and suddenly more are popping up left, …
Drinks in the Park | The CHILL AF Tasting Series
“Should we cancel the tasting?” “Nah, let’s just do it outdoors.” A few months ago, when neither restaurants nor bars could accept patrons due to …
sCANAANdinavia! China’s Canaan & DFC Wines in Sweden
Stockholm is stocked with a bunch of Chinese wines thanks to Ludvig Saaf, who also serves the Swedish market with Chinese baijiu, Shaoxing rice wine …
Best ‘best China wine list’ ever? | Q&8 with Shuai Zekun
I’ve seen many lists of top Chinese wines over the years but last month’s effort by Shuai Zekun, senior editor for jamessuckling.com, is among the best published in English. …
Three Years Later | COVID & The Damage Done
Three years ago today, I posted “Virus crisis: Ten ways China’s wine trade is hurting” and explained how COVID had already led to slashed flights, …
Model Teas: Oolong, Jasmine & Longjing Chardonnays by Lingering Clouds
Is it not destiny for a country traditionally associated with tea to marry that brew with its modern grape wine industry? Jianjun ‘Johnny’ Liu of …