China wine portfolios: East Meets West adds Ningxia’s Legacy Park
By Jim Boyce Distributor East Meets West has added a second Chinese brand to its portfolio. This past week, the company announced it will be …
China Wine Press: ProWine Shanghai to expand, plus Constellation-VATS deal, tough cheese pairing
~ China Wine Press covers coverage of the local scene. For more on wine and China, get the Grape Wall newsletter — sign up here, …
Double bubble: Grace Vineyard plans to release two sparkling wines at VinExpo
~ By Jim Boyce While there is no shortage of chatter about how red dominates white when it comes to still wine in China, we …
Shanghai bottle shock: Unexpected winners at Chinese Wine Summit
By Jim Boyce Warren Buffet recently offered a billion dollars to anyone who could pick the winners of all 63 games in the U.S. men’s …
Enoterra Beijing: Two-for-one, half-price and free-flow deals
By Jim Boyce I visited Enoterra twice this year and was impressed by just how busy it was. Every table was full, there was a …
China Wine Series: Chateau Hansen Cabernet Gernischt 2011
~ Note: I reckon I’ve tasted over 500 different Chinese wines since I started to blog. I’ve often written about them in groups — such …
China wine books: Jancis Robinson’s Wine Course published in simplified Chinese
~ By Jim Boyce A simplified Chinese edition of Jancis Robinson’s Wine Course has been released by Oriental Publishing with translation by wine importer and …
Fig Newton sherry: Antonio Flores of Gonzalez Byass leads tastings in Beijing
~ By Jim Boyce Winemaker Antonio Flores of Spanish operation Gonzalez Byass visited Beijing last week and led several Sherry tastings, including one I joined …
Just the essentials: Links hosts Sine Qua Non owners, opens bunch of awesome wines
By Jim Boyce As I recently perused a menu in Beijing and agonized between ordering the enticing 2014 Tsingtao draft beer or the eloquently if …
Century club: Upper estimates top HKD100 million for Sotheby’s April auctions in Hong Kong
~ By Jim Boyce Sotheby’s has a pair of wine auctions lined up for early April that will help replenish the dwindling drinking stocks of …