Bubbly Battle | Chinese consumers pick sparkling favorites in Grape Wall Challenge VII
By Jim Boyce The seventh annual Grape Wall Challenge featured a battle of the bubblies as ten Chinese consumers blind-tasted a dozen sparkling wines at TRB …
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Sparkling wine in China | 7th annual Grape Wall Challenge to focus on budget bubbly
Chinese consumers will become wine judges when the corks pop for the seventh annual Grape Wall Challenge in less than a week. Every year, we ask ‘regular’ …
Tasting | Mas La Plana from 1970 to 2010 with Torres China
I have gone to few very wine tastings this year but happily accepted an invitation to try seven vintages of Mas La Plana — from …
End of an era | Don St Pierre Jr resigns from ASC
After nearly two decades in China’s wine business, ASC co-founder Don St. Pierre, Jr has resigned, the company announced in a press release today: “When …
From baskteball to bottles in China | Mike Signorelli of Signature Wine Club
Our most recent GWoC Talk features Mike Signorelli of Signature Wine Club, who discusses some of the trials and tribulations of a very new field in …
The East is white| Rethinking the ‘Chinese love red wine’ meme
By Jim Boyce | It’s funny when industry observers say Chinese consumers prefer red wines to white wines, and claim, as evidence red is associated with luck and …
Grape Press | Ningxia Regional Analysis in Wine Business International
As far as wine regions go, Ningxia is pretty darn hot. The past five years have seen a steady stream of winemakers, viticulturalists, writers, investors, equipment …
Wine word | Nicolas Billot-Grima on Chinese Medoc marathoners, winery feng shui & more
By Jim Boyce Nicolas Billot-Grima has made wine in China for over a quarter-century: he started at Huadong in Shandong province in the late 1980s, …
Wine Word | Lenz Moser says clock ‘reset’ on China wine sales to Europe
By Jim Boyce [I recently had dinner with Lenz Moser and asked him about the current situation at Moser-Changyu XV in Ningxia.] Winemaker Lenz Moser, …
Beijing wine bars | Pop-Up to launch Sunday with fundraiser featuring New Zealand wine
By Jim Boyce After months of fine-tuning the design and hosting events, including art show gatherings, a young diplomats mixer, a wedding reception and a …