Blue fish strategy | Four-year project reveals wine taste preferences of Chinese consumers
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China wine photo flashback | Visiting Helan Qing Xue in Ningxia in 2011
By Jim Boyce | Two weeks after winery Helan Qing Xue received an ‘international trophy’ from Decanter, a first for a Chinese producer, I joined Li Demei, …
Pudao deals | May sale on Chinese wine brands Grace, Kanaan, Helan Qing Xue and Silver Heights
By Jim Boyce | Fans of Chinese wine can get some decent deals this month from Pudao. Some dozen labels from four brands–Grace Vineyard from Shanxi …
Birthday bottle | Shopping for Latour ’82 in China
By Jim Boyce | Let’s say you have a buddy named Johnny Latour who was born in 1982 and loves the fine wines of Bordeaux. …
Wine with altitude | Yunnan about to drop the mic from 3000 meters
By Jim Boyce | Vineyards so far south that the Tropic of Cancer cuts through them, at lofty elevations associated more with skiing than grapes, …
Rock the boat | China brand 1421 expands wine range to Australia, Chile and beyond
By Jim Boyce | Beijing Summit Wines, producer and distributor of 1421 Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon from Xinjiang in northwest China, is globalizing its portfolio. “The idea …
On the vine | Word is Australia’s Rathbone Wine Group selling stake in China-based Wine Republic
By Jim Boyce | Word is Rathbone Wine Group, owner of Yering Station, Mount Langi Ghiran and Xanadu in Australia, will soon finalize the sale of …
Au reverse | Bordeaux investor buys Chinese winery, sparks new trend
UPDATE: As those who read this post a few days ago know, this is an April Fool’s joke. By Jim Boyce | Given Chinese investors …
Vintage History | Anatomy of a Harvest Report in China
By Jim Boyce | The words “harvest report” might seem to portend bunches of figures and formulas and technical lingo but these records can lead …
Almost free trade | Wine from Australia still faces a tariff in China
By Jim Boyce | I’ve heard quite a few people state that bottled wine from Australia no longer faces a tariff when it’s imported into China due to …