Tour Time: German Grapes, Hungarian Grapes & The Best China Flight Ever?
Grapes from Hungary and Germany. Two sparkling surprises. A 15-year flight of a top-ten China wine. And more. Sometimes you visit a winery and expect one …
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Crazy Rain: Ningxia Faces Its Biggest Wine Crisis
(A version of this post first appeared in my free grape Wall newsletter. Sign up here.) As citizens across China celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival earlier …
Drink or Else? Serve Only China Wine for National Day, says ex-Hong Kong Leader
[This post first appeared in my free Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up here.] Former head of Hong Kong Leung Chun-Ying has called for all government and private …
Lightning in a Bottle: Wine & Inspiration in China
[This post first appeared in my free Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up here.] How to inspire wine consumers? It’s one of the biggest questions facing …
Highs Hopes for Down Under: Penfolds 2024 China Launch Lifts Hopes for Struggling Trade
Treasury Wine Estates hosted its official 2024 Penfolds Collection launch in Beijing, spearheading an Australian wine surge in China and raising hopes this can boost the general wine market. …
Penfolds at Ground Zero: Price Hikes, Fancy Parties & Spotting Real Bottles
We find no shortage of mainstream and trade media articles about the return of Penfolds / TWE / Australia wine to China. What are the early returns on import stats? How …
Vintage 25: A Deep Dive into DFC
[A version of this post appeared in Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up here free.] Boozy official dinners and detained booze importers. ‘Ping pong diplomacy’ between …
Back in China: De Bortoli partners with ASC Fine Wines
Australian wine is pouring back into China now that the tariffs have been lifted, and that includes from De Bortoli, which has a new partner …
Bordeaux is back: Month-long wine project launching in Beijing
Under the auspices of 60 years of China-France diplomatic ties, Bordeaux Wines is launching a month-long promotion in Beijing tomorrow featuring dozens of restaurants, bars …
China Wine Bars: Pudao & Wine Republic in Beijing, Weeknd in Shenzhen
A few things heard through the grapevine about the China wine bar scene. Pudao Wines, the brick and mortar division of Wajiu, which absorbed veteran …