Wines and vines with altitude: Touring Shangri-la
Wines and vines with altitude. After joining the first Meili Snow Mountain International Wine Festival and giving a speech at a forum on the potential …
New episode: China-Australia wine tariff drama
When it comes to prospects for China lifting its up to 218 percent tariffs on Australian wine, you could say there is good news and …
Q&8: Winemaker Lee Yeanyean of Grace Vineyard
How good is China’s 2023 vintage? What happens when you mix whisky and gin with wine? Can we get new higher yields by skipping Old …
Does China’s wine hero have an identity crisis?
[A version of this story first appeared in Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up for free here.] What happens when a superhero has an identity crisis? …
The ‘Hipster’ List: Ten China wines to buy instead of Longdai
Yesterday, I posted a list of ten Chinese wines you could buy for the same price — RMB2450 / US$335 — as one bottle of …
Seller beware? New EU report on China wine market
A new EU report provides both a dire look at China’s wine market and advice for producers entering it. “China’s Wine Market(s): Drivers, Technical Requirements …
The ‘Classic’ List: Ten China wines to buy instead of Longdai
[This content first appeared in Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter here.] The newest wine from Lafite’s Longdai winery in China costs RMB2988 …
Flying high: Five advantages of Shangri-La wines
Shangri-La! I joined the inaugural Meili Snow Mountain International Wine Festival this month, held at Yunnan’s northernmost point and perhaps best described as “breathtaking”–both for …
Hit the books? Nope, hit the booze! Peking University’s China wine event
“Chinese Terroir, Chinese Taste, Chinese Culture” was the theme of a two-day Grape and Wine Industry Cultural Fair held this weekend at one of the …
Grapes with altitude: Shangri-La hosts its first international wine festival
The name ‘Shangri-La‘ might evoke the earthly paradise of utopian novel Lost Horizon, but this stunning region in northernmost Yunnan is also making real efforts …