(This post was originally created for social media accounts promoting Ningxia wine. Get updates about the Ningxia scene via Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.) Grace Vineyard chief winemaker Lee Yeanyean has a unique view on Chinese wine given he works at the company’s operations in both Ningxia and Shanxi. In this Q&8, Lee covers everything from […]
(This post was originally created for social media accounts promoting Ningxia wine. Get updates about the Ningxia scene via Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.) Australian Mike Gadd participated in the Ningxia Winemakers Challenge from 2015 to 2017 and is now a consultant with Shepherd winery. In this Q&8, he talks about long-distance advising in the COVID-19 […]
(This post was originally created for social media accounts promoting Ningxia wine. Get updates about the Ningxia scene via Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.) Winemaker Deng Zhongxiang studied in Burgundy, worked there and in Bordeaux, and has spent the last decade consulting in Ningxia. In this Q&8, . 1 You worked in both Burgundy and Bordeaux. […]
(This post was originally created for social media accounts promoting Ningxia wine. Get updates about the Ningxia scene via Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.) Markus Iseli, who just left Ningxia as the GM of Kempinski Yinchuan Hotel, talks about his Ningxia wine dinners, the best wineries to visit and what local wine pairs with cheese fondue, […]
(This post was originally created for social media accounts promoting Ningxia wine. Get updates about the Ningxia scene via Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.) Welcome to ‘Q&8’, a new series focused on Ningxia wine trade people. We ask 8 questions, they give 8 answers. First up is chief winemaker Zhang Jing from Helan Qing Xue, who […]
Three Ningxia wineries are vying to be first to summit a five-tier classification system that was launched in 2013 and that has drawn comparisons to Bordeaux’s 1855 Grand Cru Classe. This follows news that the region plans to triple vineyard coverage, with equally lofty targets for wine production and revenue, thus providing plenty more potential […]
If you think Ningxia’s wine industry grew at a quick pace this past decade, you ain’t seen nothing yet. A report by the People’s Government of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region was approved by China’s State Council, covers hundreds of square kilometers of wine sub-regions and shows plenty more is to come. Citing a goal […]
From the stony fields protected by the Helan Mountains to the windswept sandy soils south of that imposing range, winemaking consultant Deng Zhongxiang has spent a decade exploring Ningxia terroirs. Deng works both with Ningxia’s most commonly found grape varieties, led by Cabernet Sauvignon, and with everything from Viognier and Italian Riesling to Marselan and […]
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 global COVID-19 concerns, according to a press release on the CMB website. Luxembourg will host the 2021 edition, using the originally planned dates, with Yinchuan now penciled in for 2022. […]
The Ningxia region is sponsoring a permanent pavilion in a Mexico City wine bar opened by Belgium-based contest organizer Concours Mondial. Yes, i just typed that and I’m not drunk. It’s absolutely true–at least that’what this press release from Concours Mondial states. The move will likely surprise many. Mainly because Ningxia is in China and […]
