The donkey and the grapes: Great River Hill not your typical Chinese vineyard
~ We’re sipping beer on rickety stools under a makeshift tent in front of a kebab joint at midnight in Laixi — population 700,000: a …
Chateau Hansen in Inner Mongolia: Paumard predicts good vintage, cellar barrels toward completion
By Jim Boyce Inner Mongolia winery Chateau Hansen, just over the border from the Helan Mountain wine area in Ningxia, is looking at a good …
Burning Questions: Fixing the Worst Wine Game of All Time
By Jim Boyce Someone in Beijing showed me a wine game that includes a set of cards with discussion topics nearly guaranteed — IMHO …
Acker Asia ‘explodes’: Hong Kong auction nets HK$50 million, sets 108 records, disses economic slowdown talk
By Jim Boyce Hey, that’s the word they used in the press release: “Acker Asia Explodes into Fall Season”. Reading it makes me realize the …
China Wine List of the Year 2013: Who’s got a 350-page menu and 10,000 bottles?
By Jim Boyce Results from the inaugural China Wine List of the Year contest were announced last weekend in Shanghai with more than 70 hotels, …
China Wine Q&A: Wine Enthusiast Magazine Executive Editor Susan Kostrzewa
~ By Jim Boyce U.S.-based magazine Wine Enthusiast teamed up with China online retailer YesMyWine last year to publish an e-version of the magazine. In …
People’s Series: Grace Vineyard launches new labels in Beijing
~ By Jim Boyce The new People’s Series wines by Grace Vineyard were launched yesterday in Beijing during the annual “Taste of the Nations” event …
Quality, price & distribution: Three key challenges for Chinese wine producers
 ~ By Jim Boyce Media company Wine China and cork supplier Columbin recently held a tasting of ~30 Chinese wines, most of them regional …
Summergate co-founder O’Toole exits China, company dismisses Concha y Toro sale rumor
By Jim Boyce It’s a bumper harvest this year for China wine rumors. This month’s is that Chilean heavyweight Concha y Toro bought a 50-percent …
Sweet sixteen: Hilton Beijing Food & Wine Experience slated for November 2
~ By Jim Boyce “Is it man or beast!?” Men, women and children of all ages uttered those words last year at the Hilton Food …