Tasting time: Beijing
Upcoming Beijing wine-related events Thursday, June 26, LAN, 7 PM, RMB280 Lafite wine from France, Chile, Argentina; RSVP with Jennifer Zhang at 6562-1800, x102 / …
Month: June 2008
Wine word – Penfolds Chief Wine Maker Peter Gago
By Jim Boyce As well as launching a new bottle sticker for Penfolds wines on May 22, chief wine maker Peter Gago sat down for …
Save your fen: Dinners with Daniel Boulud, Robert Joseph, Pascal Barbot, and more
By Jim Boyce Look under the bed, search the wardrobe and dig behind the sofa cushions because you might need every fen you have for …
Tasting time: Beijing
By Jim Boyce Upcoming Beijing wine-related events Thursday, June 19, 7-10:30 PM, Grand Hyatt Beijing, inquire re price Chateau Margaux dinner, with owner Corinne Mentzelopoulos; …
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Pandas and koalas: Will a Chinese firm snap up a Foster’s winery?
By Jim Boyce Chinese winery Great Wall buys Australian producer Penfolds. It creates South Wall Shiraz to sell alongside globe-trotting Penfolds brand Grange. The label …
Tag team: Penfolds, ASC launch bottle sticker
By Jim Boyce Peter Gago, chief wine maker at Penfolds, visited Beijing on May 22 and introduced an “officially imported” sticker to be used on …
Burgundy in Beijing: The Louis Latour wine dinner
By Jim Boyce I had neither eaten at the Whampoa Club in Beijing nor drunk the wines of Louis Latour, so when Pernod Ricard invited …
Wine word – Gaia Gaja: Drink before food, and seven other points
By Jim Boyce I joined Gaia Gaja and a half-dozen others on May 21 for a lunch organized by ASC Fine Wines at CJW in …
Tasting time: Beijing
By Jim Boyce Upcoming Beijing wine-related events Thursday, June 12, 7 PM, Med (Block 8), RMB100 Ladies wine club, with US wines; RSVP with Kristen …