Center stage | Former NBA star Yao Ming opens tasting room in Napa Valley
By Jim Boyce | Former NBA star and current celebrity wine brand owner Yao Ming opened a tasting room today in St. Helena in Napa Valley. Yao, who founded …
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Chinese wine | La Cava now Beijing rep for Hansen from Inner Mongolia
By Jim Boyce | Hansen wines from Inner Mongolia are now being handled in Beijing by importer and retailer La Cava. The wines, made by …
Roundup! | Five Kanaan wines from Ningxia guzzled and scored
By Jim Boyce | I’ve quaffed copious amounts of Kanaan wine over the past few years, whether on visits to the winery in Ningxia or at tastings …
Wine tasting Beijing | Aglianico from China and Italy
By Jim Boyce | China’s wine producers are fixated on red grape varieties associated with Bordeaux, notably Cabernet Sauvignon. True, others are planted here and there, from Pinot Noir to Marselan …
Sweet Sixteen | The Million Bottle China Wine Club
Which 16 countries sold a million bottles of wine to China last year? And which 20–with three oh so close–achieved the easier task of sending …
Consumer advocate | Hong Kong-based Tersina Shieh connects to regular wine buyers
By Jim Boyce | It is much easier for writers, educators and consultants to discuss how to get more consumers to enjoy wine than to turn …
Meet the NWC winemakers | Gianpaolo Paglia of Italy
Gianpaolo Paglia of Italy is one of 48 participants in the two-year Ningxia Winemakers Challenge (NWC) that started in September of 2015 and that pairs foreign winemakers with …
The Golden Age of Wine in China
I added a post called ‘The Golden Age of Wine‘ to this site two years ago. It was the English version of a story for the Chinese edition …
China wine imports 2015 | Australia & South Africa boom, France holds steady, Italy sputters
China Customs released its wine import stats for 2015 and intriguing stories lie behind those numbers, from the continued resilience of France to the successes of …
Online China Wine Directory | Chill out, listing is free
By Jim Boyce | This site started an online China wine directory a few weeks ago and people have been asking me how much it costs …