China wine sales | Ningxia exports up 256% in 2021
Ningxia’s authorities are reporting a 256% rise in wine exports for 2021, on top of a 41% boost in 2020. Given exports reached a reported …
Ningxia Nano | China’s First Single-Berry Brand “The Drop” to Launch This Week
The Drop is about to drop. Today, select wine bars in China will start selling this single-berry Ningxia wine created by Barossa-trained winemaker Shan Yudi. …
BinGo! A made-in-China Penfolds in Ningxia?
Online trade publication WBO reports that Treasury Wine Estates, best-known for its Penfolds label, is making progress in plans to make wine in China. WBO …
Through the grapevine | Longdai (Lafite) bought Treaty Port’s vineyards
Chris Ruffle, the British businessman who founded winery Treaty Port aka The Scottish Castle over 15 years ago in Shandong, says he has sold his …
Q&8! Lorenzo Riccardi, Bill Liu & Simone Incontro on San Marino wine in China
San Marino might have a small population — just 34,000 citizens — but it also has an intriguing and long history, stretching nearly two millennia. …
China Wine Press ~ CFDF postponed; Ao Yun on Liv-Ex; Mystic Island, Xige & EMW
All the wine world’s a stage and China keeps getting bigger roles. Some coverage of that drama. Compiled by J. Boyce Mystic Island just signed a …
Q&8 | Nicolas Billot-Grima of Stone & Moon
Nicolas Billot-Grima first made wine in China in 1987 and has consulted across the country ever since. In this Q&8, I ask him about the …
Q&8 | Liakos Constantino of Hellenic Agora
Liakos Constantinos, CMO and co-founder of Hellenic Agora Trading, overseas a portfolio of more than 100 Greek wine and spirit labels in China. In this …
Q&8 | Winemaker Liang Ning of Sweet Dew
Winemaker Liang Ning of Ningxia winery Gan Lu—Sweet Dew in English—is making a name for himself with Syrah and recently branched out with Petit Manseng …
Q&8 | Maria Teresa Romero Ponce of Stone & Moon
Chilean winemaker Maria Teresa Romero Ponce has made wine in three regions of China and is currently at Sun & Stone in Ningxia. In this …