Media: China fakes Canada on ice wine
Here’s a story to make a wine lover shiver: When a friend complimented Niagara winemaker Allan Schmidt for successfully cracking the icewine market in mainland China, …
BB Cued: Merlot or Malbec with Cherry Popsicles?
Note: I’m still finishing my notes from the August 9 lectures at Beijing’s wine workshop (see the first three posts: China Wine 101, Shop ‘Til You Pop and Taste, …
Wine Workshop III: Taste, with Chinese characteristics
I attended seven lectures and tasted 14 local wines on August 9, the second day of the International Workshop on the Wine Market in China, held …
Wine Workshop II: Shop ’til you pop
I attended seven lectures and tasted fourteen local wines on August 9, the second day of the International Workshop on the Wine Market in China, …
Wine workshop I: China wine 101
I attended seven lectures and tasted fourteen local wines on August 9, the second day of the International Workshop on the Wine Market in China, held in Beijing. I’ll post …
Going to market: China wine workshop
I cashed in some annual leave yesterday to attend the International Workshop on the Wine Market in China, held in Beijing, and it was time …
Riedel: A glass of any other shape
My body has filtered its fair share of wine during the past decade, but it was only a few weeks ago at The Bookworm that …
Wine workshop: Three days in Beijing
Get out your acronym finder as CAU (China Agricultural University), CSV (Chinese Society for Viticulture), CADIA (China Alcoholic Drinks Industry Association) and OIV (International Organization …
Interview: Eddie Osterland
In 1972, Eddie Osterland became America’s first master sommelier, and is today one of 87 in the United States.* I sat in on his recent …
A shovel of your finest, please
According to this story, Earth-eating Girl Tilts At Guinness Record, an Inner Mongolian woman has her stomach set on eating dirt for two months: The …