Marselan maverick | Tong Lili on harvest 2020, consumer tastes & more
With Marselan-making projects in coastal Penglai and inland Huailai, winemaker Tong Lili of Excelsis is among the more intriguing people in the wine trade. Tong …
Wine meets weightlifting | Pasion’s Alberto Pascual
By Jim Boyce | Wine and weightlifting are a perfect pairing for Alberto Pascual of Shanghai-based distributor Pasion. Pascual often shoulders a heavy load–13 bottles …
Grape and grain? Grace, Jing-A pair on Marselan beer
Marselan is a top candidate for China’s “signature wine grape.” (Kind of like Malbec for Argentina or Sauvignon Blanc for New Zealand.) Thus, the next …
Lafite China | Cosentino new technical director at Longdai
Longdai, the Shandong-based winery of DBR Lafite, has a new technical director — Denise Consentino. Cosentino previously worked at Shandong winery Chateau Nine Peaks in …
‘You need to have this’ | Natural wine in China
Natural wine is having a moment in China. A very long moment. I wrote about this scene for Meininger’s way way back in October. (Yes, …
Anti-dumping dump | More info on China’s case against Aussie wine
Got a bunch of emails, social media messages and phone calls about the anti-dumping probe China just launched into Australian wine imports. Here is some …
Crikey! China opens anti-dumping probe into Aussie wine
UpDaTe uPdAtE UpDaTe: I wrote a much longer more detailed version of this post for my newsletter. It’s full-length movie to this post’s trailer and …
Chardon-yay! 2020 grape harvest underway in China
The 2020 harvest in China has started, with operations in regions such as Shanxi, Ningxia and Xinjiang already picking their grapes. Wineries like Tiansai began …
Hu’s on second | DBR Lafite releases its second made-in-China wine
Less than a year after DBR Lafite launched its first made-in-China wine, Longdai, the Bordeaux icon followed up with a second label today at its …
Wine listings | Changyu places second in Brand Finance rankings
Massive Chinese wine producer Changyu has placed second in the inaugural “wine and Champagne” rankings just released by Brand Finance. Started in Shandong in 1892, …