Wet your whistle: Upcoming Beijing wine events
By Jim Boyce Upcoming Beijing wine events March 20, 7 PM, Jasmine, RMB518 Chateau Gigognan wine dinner, with sales director Frederic Bayle, by East Meets …
Pinot smackdown: Sequoia holds first in a series of tastings
By Jim Boyce Last Friday night’s wine tasting at Sequoia Café focused on Pinot Noir, with four choices from Torres China. Sequoia’s Frank Siegel plans …
Update: decanter.com reports on Customs investigation of wine importers
By Jim Boyce A March 18 decanter.com story reports that ASC Fine Wines has denied it faces a major fine and deportation of company directors …
Interview: Wine ‘antisnob’ Tim Hanni
By Jim Boyce | Tim Hanni, one of the first two Americans to become a Master of Wine, has gone from someone who once “‘completely looked down …
Update: Chinese Customs investigating wine importers
By Jim Boyce As reported last week, Chinese Customs continues to inquire into the import declarations of wine importers. Investigators, in what appears to be …
Customs investigating wine importers II – ASC releases statement
By Jim Boyce ASC Fine Wines has released a statement about inquiries into the company by Chinese customs. The obvious question: what is meant by …
Beijing Wine Club: Wake up and smell the Chianti
By Jim Boyce I’d rather not return to this topic, given my post in December, but I wish the Beijing Wine Club would get its …
Chinese Customs investigating wine importers
By Grape Wall of China Four contributors to Grape Wall of China have talked to sources in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing who report that …
Gouda times! Beijing Cheese Society goes ‘all China’
By Jim Boyce Yellow Valley’s de Ruiter and Beijing Cheese Society’s Ruwart (Photo:BCS) There is no shortage of wine and cheese events in Beijing, but …
Get your Gruner Veltliner on: Austrian wines at Cafe Europa
By Jim Boyce Cafe Europa’s Austrian wine lineup (Photo: C. Thompson) Forty people gathered at Café Europe on January 24 for the launch of four …