About Grape Wall of China 葡萄围城
Launched in 2007, Grape Wall covers the China wine market. Expect everything from tastings and winery visits to trade news and ‘Q&8s‘ with winemakers, retailers, …
Just Say No: China Daily’s Anti-Alcohol Op-Ed
A teetotaler movement is probably the last thing China’s struggling wine industry needs. Thus, this headline from China Daily will get a chilled reception from the trade: “Liquor drinking …
Same Old, Same Old? The Economist’s China Wine Story
(This article first appeared in the free Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up here.) The Economist‘s recent story “Wine from China is finer than Western snobs …
Puchang Power: China’s Quirky Vineyards
Cabernet Sauvignon is associated with Bordeaux and Pinot Noir with Burgundy, but you can find them side-by-side in the same vineyard—in the middle of a desert—in China. The …
Budget Bottles: China Wines Under RMB100
During the Golden Week holidays, I organized a tasting focused on Chinese wines priced below RMB100 / US$14, a key price point in China. The …
Bottle & Beans: ‘Coffee Chardonnay’ in China
Jiangyu, a garage-style winery nestled in Qiushan Valley near Yantai City, has released a coffee-and-wine-inspired package. First, the coffee. Raw beans from Yunnan are soaked 30 days …
Go West: China Wine Festival Gives Hope
We don’t get many wine fairs in Beijing, so I made a rare trip to city’s west side for the FS Wine Culture Fair—FS stands for …
Extensive & Expensive: A Dive into China’s Top Wine Lists
China’s Wine List of the Year Awards are due out on October 19: I surveyed the six finalists from venues in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai …
Sales game-changer? Wines of Germany, Little Red Book partner in China
Jeuce Huang of Taste Communications, and the marketing director for Wines of Germany in China, dropped news about a potential sales game-changer when she appeared …
Grace x Bruichladdich: Chinese Winery Meets Scottish Distillery
China’s Grace Vineyard and Scotland’s Bruichladdich Distillery have collaborated on a series of whiskies. Grace Vineyard, with wineries in Shanxi and Ningxia, provided 100 barrels …
Taste Test: China vs The World in Hong Kong
It was China vs The World at a Hong Kong tasting last week, with James Suckling and senior editor / China wine critic Shuai Zekun leading …