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 …
Counting Chinese wines: How Berry Bros. & Rudd cured my insomnia
By Jim Boyce Just the other night, as I lay awake yet again at 3 AM with eyes wide, brow sweaty and mind swirling, I …
GWoC Talk II: Second issue of China wine newsletter rolls off e-presses
By Jim Boyce The second issue of Grape Wall’s new China wine newsletter went out yesterday afternoon and thus defied at least one person who …
Wine bars in Beijing: The Loop to reopen as bar and retail shop in May
By Jim Boyce Look for The Loop — sharing the same street as Nearby the Tree, Friend Bar and Two Guys and a Pie behind …
Dean Hewitson in China: Knowledge, wine market strategy and Mourvedre
By Jim Boyce Dean Hewiston of the eponymous South Australian winery was in town last week and I had a chance to ask him five …
Bottle of this, glass of that: Join the China Wine List of the Year contest
We like lists because we don’t want to die. – Umberto Eco* That’s a sombre thought. Now here’s a happier one… The guys behind the …