Seas the day | Oysters, wine and the 500 million-year trip
By Jim Boyce | It’s mind-blowing how one taste can trigger our primal, sentimental and intellectual senses. Last week, the briny Pacific tang of a …
State blend | Joint China-Israel wine launches today
A souvenir wine named ‘Double Seventy‘ officially launches today to mark the 70th anniversaries of the People’s Republic of China (1949) and State of Israel …
China wine jobs | EMW seeks national brand, digital marketing managers, more
Veteran China wine importer and distributor EMW (East Meets West) has a bunch of sales and marketing openings. Founded in 2003, EMW carries labels from …
Home strewth | Andrew Caillard on Australian wine success in China
By Jim Boyce |Andrew Caillard has spent tons of time in China, whether to judge in contests like Wine 100, to promote Australian wine in …
A real corker | Why Australia sells so much wine to China
By Jim Boyce | No country has shone like Australia this past decade when it comes to bottled wine imports in China. It has long …
Home truths | Chinese producers face fake wine problem
“Fake wine” and “China” tend to evoke images of Lafite and Penfolds knockoffs, of labels that borrow a world of spellings and fonts, castles and …
Happy Year of the Pig!
By Jim Boyce | We are in the midst of the Chinese New Year holidays here in Beijing, a week-plus of “eat, drink and repeat”, …
Incredible bulk | The WBWE is coming to China
By Jim Boyce | Say “bulk wine” and people instantly think quantity over quality. But there’s far more to it, says Jörg Philipp, who will …
Our man in Nanning | Julien Boulard on ‘second-tier’ cities, ’98 Bordeaux
By Jim Boyce | Based in the southern city of Nanning, Julien Boulard steadily became a force in China’s wine scene this past decade as head …
Spanish Pasion in China | The infectious WeChat posts of Alberto Pascual
By Jim Boyce | Alberto Pascual of Spanish wine importer Pasion violates a slew of my social media post rules. He uses multiple exclamation marks!!!! …