Wine consumer power in China: Annual Grape Wall Challenge held in Beijing
By Jim Boyce They came, they sniffed, they sipped and they scored. The fourth annual Grape Wall Challenge — which features Chinese consumers judging wines …
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Sommelier showdown: Park Hyatt Beijing takes the China wine services title
By Jim Boyce The finals of the recent National Wine Services Team Competition in Shanghai saw the Park Hyatt Beijing, led by captain Lee Meiyue, …
In China’s Outback: Australian Lilian Carter on making wine in Xinjiang
~ By Jim Boyce This fall, Lillian Carter started her second China adventure when she headed to Xinjiang winery Wang Zhong, a six-hour drive south …
Australian wine in China: Michael Fragos of Chapel Hill visits Beijing
~ By Jim Boyce If you are starting to think this blog is almost always about Ningxia, and that coverage of a Beijing visit by …
China wine labels: Li Hua is for both drinker and thinker
Not many scholars have wines named after them but apparently Professor Li Hua of Northwest A&F University in Shaanxi Province is in those ranks. This …
The Spain drain: Is China at threat from cheap European wine imports?
~ A few weeks ago, China and Europe went from sipping to spitting as an alcohol industry group in the former claimed that imported wines …
Uncorked: Torres China officially opens first Everwines shop in Beijing
~ Torres China officially opened its first Beijing retail shop and bar under the retail brand Everwines last Saturday with an afternoon of wine, music …
Wine brands in China: Jia Bei Lan vs Jia Bai Lun
By Jim Boyce The Chinese wine Jia Bei Lan rose to fame last year when it won an “international trophy” at the Decanter World Wine …
Cabernet Ger-what? Waitrose in London stocks Chinese wine from Changyu
UK supermarket chain Waitrose has added its first Chinese wine, a Cabernet Gernischt from Changyu, one of the China’s top three producers in terms of …
China wine myths: Cheap labor, high taxes, export ambitions & more
(Posting this as a short break from helping with the Ningxia Wine Challenge. This region of China is paying for 10 foreign winemakers to visit …