From ASC to DFC | Richard Li new president of two boutique Chinese wineries
By Jim Boyce | Richard Li has joined the boutique wineries Domaine Franco-Chinois and Canaan in Hebei province as president after a 17-year stint with …
“If they don’t care, we also don’t care” | Simon Su on Chinese tariffs, US wines
Shanghai-based Simon Su has imported Santa Barbara brands Dierberg and Star Lane for nearly a decade—and has a lot to say about the three Chinese …
Rogue rouge | Bordeaux with a traditional twist for Beijing
If you spend time in some more mature markets, you realize there is a big trend of people looking for lighter reds, for chilled reds, …
Six and the Cities | Italy tries to boost China share with wine roadshow
By Jim Boyce | Italy ranks with France and Spain as the world’s biggest wine exporters but it’s performance in China has been così così …
China wine bar identity | Isabella Ko of The Merchants
By Jim Boyce | The Merchants, a wine bar, cafe and gallery space near the National Art Museum in Beijing, opened late last year and …
Vintech | Pairing wine culture and high-tech in Beijing
By Jim Boyce | Wine and technology were paired last Friday at ZPark in Beijing’s Haidian District, home of the city’s high-tech Zhongguancun hub. Mia …
Selling U.S. wine in China? Try pairing it with a burger festival
By Jim Boyce | I often hear how it’s hard to connect the amazing wines of [country name] to consumers in China. How do we …
Last call (for now) | Pudao Wines to close in Beijing
Pudao Wines is closing its Beijing branch nearly ten years to the day the company launched its first shop in Shanghai. The store will close …
‘China’s grape’ | Celebrate World Marselan Day in Beijing
By Jim Boyce | China’s grape. That’s what many are calling Marselan, a grape that arrived here twenty years ago and spread across nation. The …
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 …