Wine Word – Maxim Beijing’s Manager Nicholas Carre
By Jim Boyce Nicolas Carre is manager of the new Maxim’s (Solana) in Beijing, a trained sommelier, creator and director of local French-language newsletter Ping …
Month: July 2008
Wine word: Robert Joseph on China wine tourism, blind tastings, and more
By Jim Boyce Robert Joseph is founder of the International Wine Challenge, author of The Complete Encyclopedia of Wine, editor-at-large for Wine Business International, and …
Friday food fight: Beijing duck
By Jim Boyce If nothing else, food and wine pairing makes for fun research. To this end, I will post a photo of a Chinese …
Wine word – Tyler ‘Dr Vino’ Colman on wine politics, carbon footprints, and more
By Jim Boyce New York-based Tyler Colman writes the accessible, informative, and entertaining blog Dr. Vino, which nicely lives up to its tag line, “wine …
Cork it – Carlos de Jesus, Amorim
By Jim Boyce China’s wine market is relatively modest, but its potential is massive, thus making the cork versus screw top debate in this country …
Wine Word – Frankie Zhao of Pro-Wine
By Jim Boyce Frankie Zhao, founder of market research and promotion company Pro-Wine Training & Consultancy, has been active in China’s wine scene for nearly …
Make room Napa, here comes Nava
By Jim Boyce File this one under, “Missing the forest for the trees.” Or perhaps, “Missing the grapes for the leaves.” Who’d have thunk a …
Friday food fight: Scorpions on a stick
By Jim Boyce If nothing else, food and wine pairing makes for fun research. To this end, I will post a photo of a Chinese …
Wine word – Arcy Yin of Food & Wine magazine
By Jim Boyce Arcy Yin has been wine editor at Food & Wine since the magazine was launched by the Trends Group in 2006. I …
Wine word – Grape talk in China and beyond
By Jim Boyce As a wine drinker, I love to hear as many voices as possible, including those of wine writers, consumers, distributors, makers and …