Ningxia Wine Challenge Panel: Mihalis Boutaris, Lilian Carter, Li Demei, Liz Thach and Mireia Torres
~ By Jim Boyce After the deadline for entering the Ningxia Wine Challenge — at 5 PM on July 27 — all of CVs and …
Ningxia Wine Challenge: Site hacked, contest goes on, details here
~ By Jim Boyce Recent visitors to the Ningxia Wine Challenge website might have noticed that the pacifying photo of grape vines has been replaced …
Ningxia Wine Challenge: Details of applying
By Jim Boyce The region of Ningxia in northwest China will fund ten foreign winemakers to visit and practice their craft this fall as part …
Ningxia Wine Challenge Q&A: Winemaker Emma Gao on lessons learned, grape sourcing and Cabernet Gernischt
By Jim Boyce Emma Gao is the winemaker at Silver Heights, a family-owned operation that she runs with her father and sister in Ningxia and …
Ningxia Wine Challenge Q&A: Professor Ma Huiqin on grapes, marketing and more
By Jim Boyce Professor Ma Huiqin of China Agricultural University is not only an expert on wine marketing and grape molecular biology, but also for …
Ningxia Wine Challenge Q&A: Lilian Carter on working at Helan Mountain winery
By Jim Boyce To give some perspective to winemakers interested in applying for the Ningxia Wine Challenge, we are featuring some interviews with people involved …
China wine myths: Cheap labor, high taxes, export ambitions & more
(Posting this as a short break from helping with the Ningxia Wine Challenge. This region of China is paying for 10 foreign winemakers to visit …
China Wine Challenge ‘trophy’ winners: Silver Heights, Grace Vineyard & 9 more
By Jim Boyce The results of the China Wine Challenge were announced in a ballroom ceremony last week in Shanghai although the country’s vino-guzzling masses …
Beijing’s newest singles spot: Cru wine bar is a five-woman show
(Note: This post originally appeared on sibling blog Beijing Boyce.) By Jim Boyce When you hear a wine bar has opened in “the same building …
Wine writing in China: Professor and winemaker Li Demei launches book
~ By Jim Boyce Li Demei — who teaches at Beijing University of Agriculture, consults to wineries aound China, is active as a wine writer, …