Putaojiu Penguin | Wang Shenghan is a China Wine Ambassador
Wang Shenghan aka Lady Penguin, one of the country’s top alcoholic drinks influencers—with millions of social media followers and a recent book on wine—is now …
Short walk to Longdai: Lafite’s Shandong project
(This article first appeared in my newsletter last October.) The walk to Lafite’s Longdai winery from neighboring Treaty Port is about that from my apartment in Beijing …
Where’s the beef? Moo-ving experience at Runaway Cow
(This article first appeared in my newsletter last October.) Runaway Cow is China’s newest wine getaway. With a smart blend of rooms, cuisine and wine, this …
King of the Castles: Treaty Port Winery
(This article first appeared in my newsletter last October.) When it comes to the Gaudy Wineries of China Hall of Fame, Treaty Port aka The Scottish Castle, landed on …
Out damn spot! It ain’t easy running a China wine fair
Ai ya. The white tablecloth has red wine stains. Correction: nearly 100 tablecloths, with sponsor logos, feature stains. Pure white tinged Aglianico red. This is …
Sales vs salespeople | Will TWE staff help save Chinese wine?
Call it Penfolds versus people. Or wines versus workers. Or sales versus salespeople. Many people writing about China’s crushing tariffs on Australian wine have focused …
Year in the Wild | Claudia Masueger on managing CHEERS from afar, China wine trends, more
Claudia Masueger of CHEERS wine shop chain in China has been stuck in the wild–the Swiss alps!–for most of the past year. Grape Wall asked …
GI Jiu | EU-China pact on ‘geographical indications’ protects wine
An agreement between China and the European Union took effect today to protect 100 geographical indications (GIs), including wine, from each side. The EU list …
Update | WSET suspends China activities, releases update
UPDATE: A statement has been released on WSET’S WeChat account–and viewed by 24,000 in the first two hours alone. See the full post here. “With great …
Postponed | 2021 Concours Mondial in Ningxia moved to 2022
The 28th edition of Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, slated for this May in Yinchuan, the capital of China’s Ningxia region, has been postponed due to …