Pop quiz: Who has Bollinger in China at rmb350 per bottle?
By Jim Boyce I should have written had. On Tuesday, I got a promo email titled “The Iconic Bollinger Champagne for Â¥350” from M1NT Cellar …
Wine media in China: Decanter adds Li Demei, Ch’ng Poh Tiong, Jane Anson as columnists
By Jim Boyce Decanter China has added three columnists to the website it launched last September. (Note: To those hoping for a print edition of …
Vintage discovery: World’s oldest wine tasting note unearthed in China
By Jim Boyce As yet another example of how everything seems to originate in China, an amateur archaeologist in the central province of Sichuan has …
Through the grapevine: Gerard Colin to leave Lafite project in China
By Jim Boyce Word is Gerard Colin, who staked his claim to fame in China as the first winemaker at Grace Vineyard, will soon leave …
Chinese wine tasting: Great River Hill shines with Grace, Wangzhong, Helan Mountain, COFCO’s Michel Rolland
By Jim Boyce My impression of wine from the coastal province of Shandong is not good. Underwhelming and overpriced are the words that spring to …
Chengdu Wine Fair II: Torres to launch TerrAus, plus Denis Lin, Wine Australia, ladies night & more
By Jim Boyce A few items ahead of tomorrow’s official opening of the Chengdu wine fair — 糖酒会. (You can see yesterday’s post here: apologies …
Chengdu Wine Fair: Kiwi wineries, Changyu bubbly, Backstreet Boys & more
By Jim Boyce The 88th China Food and Drinks Fair — Táng JiÇ” Huì / 糖酒会 — officially starts Thursday but thousands of people are …
Seeking a sweet deal in China: Who wants some Idaho ice wine?
By Jim Boyce You might know a few things about Idaho, like: It is famous for potatoes. The capital is Boise. It has a cheese …
Strange new worlds: What if the theme of Star Trek had been wine?
By Jim Boyce “To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” …
“I’m making a comeback”: New Beijing winery project for Nicolas Billot-Grima
~ By Jim Boyce A thirty-minute chat over coffee and bagels turned into a seven-hour three-bottle-of-wine interview with wine maker Nicolas Billot-Grima in Beijing last …