Articles by boyce

China’s social media platforms–basketball division–were buzzing this past week about NBA star James Harden’s visit, including his reaction to being told 10,000 bottles of his …

Hard to believe but it’s been ten years since Changyu Moser XV officially opened a sprawling Loire-esque chateau in Ningxia. The number of wineries, wine …

News of China dropping its Australian barley tariffs is raising hopes that Australian wine will be next in line. From the Australian Financial Review: “China …

“I am Jean-Michel Cazes, owner of Chateau Lynch-Bages in Bordeaux. I am presently in Beijing for the Olympics.” I received an unexpected email, midway through …

Veteran wine KOL Wang Shenghan aka Lady Penguin announced today in a video that she plans to make her own wine in China. Wang is …

Australia’s Penfolds is the latest with a crazy expensive* wine from high in the mountains of Yunnan in southern China. “Treasury Wine Estates has taken …

The past dozen years saw Ningxia’s wines go from being largely unknown to amassing a mountain of contest medals and high scores. And the region’s …

Two once-fierce competitors are combining forces in China’s wine industry. Veteran importers and distributors Summergate and Torres China, both founded in the late 1990s, are …

Call it a spirited affair: The first ‘master class’ for baijiu, China’s national drink, was held at the WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) headquarters …