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 …
The Yeast is Red | Project reduces import domination, helps wines reflect Chinese terroir
The normally niche topic of Chinese wine yeast strains received just mainstream media attention due to a project said to end the dominance of imported …
RIP Cao Kailong | Former wine bureau chief helped Ningxia’s industry rise
RIP Cao Kailong, a key figure in the rise of Ningxia’s wine industry during the past decade. Cao Kailong was born in 1965 in Haiyuan …
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 …