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 …
Post-COVID Report: Revisiting a Chinese winery three years later
Bittersweet moment in the finger-numbing cold and flag-snapping wind at the Domaine Franco-Chinois winery near Beijing a few weeks ago. Three years earlier, I stood in …
Orange at Peach | Time Travel with Georgian & Chinese Wines
Now that was a quirky tasting. Our ‘Orange at Peach’ event this month in Beijing featured 8000 years of time travel plus curious local wines …
Ningxia, COVID & Touring | Visiting Wineries in a ‘Testing’ Time
Traveling in China during the COVID era typically means time spent waiting and worrying in regards to testing. That holds true for Ningxia, too. My …
Ningxia, Didi & Wineries | Journey of a Thousand Bottles
A journey of a thousand bottles begins with a single winery. Or something like that. Anyway, a big challenge in Ningxia is actually reaching those …
Course correction | WSET restarts in mainland China
School is back. China’s WSET representative office announced on its WeChat account today that its 90-plus local partners can restart their classes. Classes were suspended …
Wine Australia closing China office: CNBC
“Australia’s leading wine industry body Wine Australia will be closing its only physical office in China after sales to the greater China succumb to Beijing’s …
Wine, Women & Song, v2022: China’s Dancing Winemakers
Wine, women and song has a new meaning thanks to a Ningxia trio that blends oenological skills and coordinated dance moves. The trio’s veteran is …
Minimal Intervention, Minimal Investment: Trending in Chinese Wine
I organized a wine tasting with the theme ‘minimal intervention, minimal investment’ in Beijing last week. The ‘minimal intervention’ part is easy to grasp. In …