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About Grape Wall of China 葡萄围城

September 22, 2025 boyce 0

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

October 13, 2025 boyce 0

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

October 13, 2025 boyce 0

(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

October 13, 2025 boyce 0

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

October 13, 2025 boyce 0

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

October 13, 2025 boyce 0

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

September 26, 2025 boyce 0

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

September 26, 2025 boyce 0

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

September 24, 2025 boyce 0

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

September 24, 2025 boyce 0

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

September 23, 2025 boyce 0

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 …

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Covering China's Wine Scene Since 2007.

Wine tastings. Winery visits. News and interviews. By Jim Boyce.

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