Wine Word

An especially explosive bottle. Need-to-knows for consumers and natural wine. An “aha!” moment in the wine trade. And plans for 2022, from opening a new …

Emy Marinova is the Shanghai-based co-owner and the export director of Bulgarian winery Burgozone. Marinova is also a wine writer, judge and consultant. In this …

‘In Juice We Trust’ is the motto of Muti Mo, who launched natural wine bar MuST in Guangzhou two years ago this month. Mo brought …

San Marino might have a small population — just 34,000 citizens — but it also has an intriguing and long history, stretching nearly two millennia. …

Nicolas Billot-Grima first made wine in China in 1987 and has consulted across the country ever since. In this Q&8, I ask him about the …

Liakos Constantinos, CMO and co-founder of Hellenic Agora Trading, overseas a portfolio of more than 100 Greek wine and spirit labels in China. In this …

Winemaker Liang Ning of Ningxia winery Gan Lu—Sweet Dew in English—is making a name for himself with Syrah and recently branched out with Petit Manseng …

Chilean winemaker Maria Teresa Romero Ponce has made wine in three regions of China and is currently at Sun & Stone in Ningxia. In this …

Mariano Larrain Hurtado has imported and sold Chilean wine in China for nearly a decade, including via his La Cava de Laoma shops. I asked …

Tasty Bordeaux blends made in Beijing’s hutongs? A man named Zhang Bingzhai contacted me out of the blue a few years ago to say he was making …