Ningxia Wine Challenge Q&A: Winemaker Emma Gao on lessons learned, grape sourcing and Cabernet Gernischt
By Jim Boyce Emma Gao is the winemaker at Silver Heights, a family-owned operation that she runs with her father and sister in Ningxia and …
Ningxia Wine Challenge Q&A: Professor Ma Huiqin on grapes, marketing and more
By Jim Boyce Professor Ma Huiqin of China Agricultural University is not only an expert on wine marketing and grape molecular biology, but also for …
Ningxia Wine Challenge Q&A: Lilian Carter on working at Helan Mountain winery
By Jim Boyce To give some perspective to winemakers interested in applying for the Ningxia Wine Challenge, we are featuring some interviews with people involved …
China wine myths: Cheap labor, high taxes, export ambitions & more
(Posting this as a short break from helping with the Ningxia Wine Challenge. This region of China is paying for 10 foreign winemakers to visit …
China Wine Challenge ‘trophy’ winners: Silver Heights, Grace Vineyard & 9 more
By Jim Boyce The results of the China Wine Challenge were announced in a ballroom ceremony last week in Shanghai although the country’s vino-guzzling masses …
Beijing’s newest singles spot: Cru wine bar is a five-woman show
(Note: This post originally appeared on sibling blog Beijing Boyce.) By Jim Boyce When you hear a wine bar has opened in “the same building …
Double pour: Wine Republic to hold Jia Bei Lan dinner at Jaan in Raffles Beijing
By Jim Boyce After Jia Bei Lan Dry Red 2009 won an “international award” at the Decanter World Wine Awards in London, a first for …
Make wine in China? Ningxia Wine Challenge to fund 10 foreign winemakers this fall
~ By Jim Boyce The government of Ningxia will invite 10 foreign winemakers to visit this fall and each make a red wine and a …
Blueprint a better blue: On translating Robert Parker’s wine tasting notes into Chinese
~ By Jim Boyce I happily joined a dinner in Beijing a week ago with a group that included Marcus Ford, Stuart Christie and Jim …
China wine word: Opus One CEO David Pearson on fakes, strategies and styles
By Jim Boyce I met David Pearson, CEO of Opus One, and Yvonne Chiong-Mougin, the company’s Asia export manager, in Beijing yesterday to talk about …