Field tests | Marselan blooms in Bordeaux
In a video call this week, Cécile Ha of Bordeaux wine bureau CIVB discussed Marselan, one of six newly approved grape varieties in the region, …
Panda Penfolds | TWE is making wine in China
This month must smell like victory for those who pushed for tariffs on Australian wine. In exchange for essentially being pushed out of the market …
Customs data | Bottled wine imports in China down yet again
I’ve been super busy lately so I’ll be doing catchup these next few weeks, including posts on TWE’s made-in-China Penfolds, how the COVID-19 pandemic is …
Q&8! Claudia Masueger vs The (Wine) World
Claudia Masueger of wine shop chain CHEERS is the only person I know who returned to China with a raclette set for quarantine. You just …
New school | Marlborough-Ningxia viticulture degree proposed
A joint viticulture degree by schools in Marlborough and Ningxia is in the works. From a Marlborough Research Center post this month: “Our proposal is …
‘In wine, there is Truel’ | World Marselan Day 5!
World Marselan Day, a Grape Wall project launched in 2018, celebrates a grape created in 1961 and now used in over two dozen countries. It …
Q&A! Judy Chan on 25 years at Grace Vineyard
Grace Vineyard is 25 years old! That’s quite a long time just to survive in China’s wine business. And an almost impossibly long one while …
Bazinga! Muti Mo on exploding Pinot, ‘aha!’ moments, natural wine & 2022 plans
An especially explosive bottle. Need-to-knows for consumers and natural wine. An “aha!” moment in the wine trade. And plans for 2022, from opening a new …
Vino in Cina | Italians working in Chinese wineries
Simone Incontro–the China rep for Veronafiere–and I have talked a lot about his fellow Italians working in China’s wine industry. Not as importers and distributors, …
Marselan maverick | Emy Marinova, Shanghai-based co-owner of Bulgarian winery Burgozone
Emy Marinova is the Shanghai-based co-owner and the export director of Bulgarian winery Burgozone. Marinova is also a wine writer, judge and consultant. In this …