Juicy details: Canaan to launch new skin-contact wines
You don’t find a lot of Müller-Thurgau in China. And to find it in single-varietal skin-contact form? Well, I’ve only tasted such a wine once, …
Beyond Wine: Grace Vineyard to Launch Its First Gins
One of the China’s top wineries is getting into the spirt, literally. Shanxi-based Grace Vineyard, which has ranked among the country’s leaders in blending quality …
Exploring terroir at 200 KM per day: China’s ‘driving winemaker’
“Flying winemaker” sounds like a high-falutin’ job with trips to exotic destinations and saving-the-day — and vintage — heroics. But “driving winemaker”? Not so much. …
Private labels: Wine bar owners head to China’s vineyards
“Images of vineyards beneath blue skies, of grape-stained hands at a sorting line; of vividly colored must; of tired but happy people sharing meals after …
Down Under down: Australia wine exports to China reach new low
Wine imports from Down Under are down yet again. Just ahead of Australia PM Anthony Albanese’s visit to China this week, and just after China …
Ranking spanking: Ningxia tops Napa, Barossa & Burgundy
[This info originally appeared in the Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up here.] There is a chill in the air these days, due to both the …
Wine & dine: Grace Vineyard has new restaurant distributor
Veteran China wine operation Grace Vineyard is teaming up with a new partner for restaurant sales. Hong Kong businessman C.K. Chan launched Grace Vineyard in Shanxi in …
Q&8: East Meets West founder Shirley Tan
East Meets West is celebrating its twentieth anniversary so I got in touch with founder Shirley Tan, who started the company in 2003, left in …
Corking News: Australia and China reach ‘wine deal’
Lots of headlines popping up Down Under the past few hours: ~ Per the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC): Long story short, Australia aims to get …
Model teas: Lingering Clouds making five tea-infused Chardonnay pet-nats
Tea and wine. Two beverages involving complex tastes, terroirs and histories. One with a long enduring story in China and the other now emerging. It …