About Grape Wall of China 葡萄围城
Launched in 2007, Grape Wall covers the China wine market: everything from tastings and winery visits to trade news and ‘Q&8s‘ with winemakers, retailers, critics …
World Marselan Day: Beijing, Shanghai & Shenzhen Festivals this Sunday!
Wine. Music. Spring. Let’s go! We will uncork fifty-plus wines for each of our Marselan festivals this Sunday in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. World Marselan …
Q&8 | Arthur Hamon on Ningbo, China Wine, Selling Online & More
For nearly a decade, Arthur Hamon has enjoyed a ground-level view of the wine scene in Ningbo, a city many beyond China might not know …
Bear Market: Chinese Biodynamic Vineyard Features Panda Twist
Chinese Biodynamic Wine with a Panda Twist “This is literally the poo,” says Domaine Bear owner Xiong Taidi as he surveys ten hectares of vineyards set 2,500 meters high …
High-altitude Hire: Chiong Mougin Joins Ao Yun
(This post first appeared in Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up free here.) Veteran fine wine promoter Yvonne Chiong Mougin has joined Ao Yun, LVMH’s winery …
Year of the Snake! China Wine Trends to Watch
With the Year of the Snake here, will the wine scene shed its chronic struggles? Will consumer spending get some fangs? Will Penfolds and its …
A New Leaf: Wines That Match China to a Tea
If asked to name the most intriguing Chinese wines of the past two years, I would rank the tea-infused Chardonnay bubblies by Lingering Clouds right …
Q&8: Patrick Cranley of Shanghai Wine Society
(This story first appeared in the Grape Wall newsletter. Subscribe for free here.) I know few people who are aficionados of historical staircases, berets *and* …
Wine on the Go: China’s Boutique Producers Crash Singapore
(This story first appeared in Grape Wall newsletter. Subscribe for free here.) The world might be struggling with excess wines and slow sales but Chinese producers are …
Q&8 | 25 Years, 10,000 Students, Countless China Wine Lessons
Twenty-five years. Ten thousand students. Countless China wine lessons. A wine appreciation course launched in China in 1998 turned into a quarter-century experiment that reveals …
Q&8: Joy of two vineyards, Deep Blue turns 20 & Five Guys with Grace’s Lee Yeanyean
The joy of two vineyards. An iconic wine turns twenty. Fighting rot in Ningxia. Tackling whisky and gin. We cover all that and more with Lee Yeanyean—Grace …