Grape Wall of China

By Ma Huiqin This is a translation of a post originally in English – Latour lunch: Chateau GM Frederic Engerer. 4月26日我与六位中国葡萄酒作家一起同拉图酒庄的总经理弗雷德里克•恩杰尔共进了午餐。本次活动是由ASC精品葡萄酒公司在北京的凯悦饭店中国餐厅组织的。本次活动我们品尝了拉图酒庄1995å’Œ2001年份的酒，搭配包括北京烤鸭在内的中国菜，交流拉图酒庄的有关情况以及中国葡萄酒产业的宏观途径。我问了他三件事。 您品尝过中国葡萄酒吗？ 他说：很遗憾，还没有尝试过。 您如何看待中国对波尔多葡萄酒市场的影响不断增加？ 他说一些像中国这样的一些国家正在改变着拉图酒庄消费者的构成：“这将是一群不同的消费者。” …

By Jim Boyce Chinese winery Great Wall buys Australian producer Penfolds. It creates South Wall Shiraz to sell alongside globe-trotting Penfolds brand Grange. The label …

By Jim Boyce Peter Gago, chief wine maker at Penfolds, visited Beijing on May 22 and introduced an “officially imported” sticker to be used on …

By Jim Boyce I had neither eaten at the Whampoa Club in Beijing nor drunk the wines of Louis Latour, so when Pernod Ricard invited …

By Jim Boyce Upcoming Beijing wine-related events Thursday, June 12, 7 PM, Med (Block 8), RMB100 Ladies wine club, with US wines; RSVP with Kristen …

By Jim Boyce Due to the Friday night wine tastings organized by Frank Siegel in the Sanliltun outlet of Sequoia Cafe, I’ve tried wines from …