Grape Wall of China – Page 81 – Wine and the World's Biggest Market

January 19, 2013 0

By Jim Boyce If you didn’t make it to the last Wine Republic mini-portfolio tasting / guzzle fest — at Switch! in Beijing last month …

January 18, 2013 0

By Jim Boyce The upcoming Acker Merrall & Condit wine auction in Hong Kong — the year’s first for the company — should be pretty, …

January 6, 2013 0

~ By Jim Boyce When I visited Hong Kong in November, I went to the fortieth birthday party of Patricio de la Fuente-Saez, head of …

January 6, 2013 2

~ By Jim Boyce China has bundled up for its coldest five-week spell in more than thirty years, according to this AP story. Beijing has …

January 4, 2013 7

By Jim Boyce Why does the import sticker always cover the back label? This is a common pet peeve of imported wine buyers in China. …

January 3, 2013 0

By Jim Boyce While my acquaintances described the recent La Revue du Vin de France ‘Beijing Salon’ as having too few vendors (~20 exhibitors at …

January 2, 2013 0

By Jim Boyce Last year I organized a contest called North by Northwest and included a bottle of Helan Mountain Dry Red 2008 in a …

January 2, 2013 0

By Jim Boyce One fun thing about living in Beijing is witnessing the ever-widening scope of wines available in the market. True, the “big six” …

January 1, 2013 0

By Jim Boyce English sparkling wine maker Chapel Down last appeared on this blog due to its presence ringside at White Collar Boxing in Beijing. …

January 1, 2013 0

By Jim Boyce While Grace Vineyard Chardonnay 2010 did not make the top four in our recent Grape Wall Challenge, it did get good scores …