Minimal Intervention, Minimal Investment: Trending in Chinese Wine
I organized a wine tasting with the theme ‘minimal intervention, minimal investment’ in Beijing last week. The ‘minimal intervention’ part is easy to grasp. In …
The Yeast is Red | Project reduces import domination, helps wines reflect Chinese terroir
The normally niche topic of Chinese wine yeast strains received just mainstream media attention due to a project said to end the dominance of imported …
RIP Cao Kailong | Former wine bureau chief helped Ningxia’s industry rise
RIP Cao Kailong, a key figure in the rise of Ningxia’s wine industry during the past decade. Cao Kailong was born in 1965 in Haiyuan …
Field tests | Marselan blooms in Bordeaux
In a video call this week, Cécile Ha of Bordeaux wine bureau CIVB discussed Marselan, one of six newly approved grape varieties in the region, …
Panda Penfolds | TWE is making wine in China
This month must smell like victory for those who pushed for tariffs on Australian wine. In exchange for essentially being pushed out of the market …
Customs data | Bottled wine imports in China down yet again
I’ve been super busy lately so I’ll be doing catchup these next few weeks, including posts on TWE’s made-in-China Penfolds, how the COVID-19 pandemic is …
Q&8! Claudia Masueger vs The (Wine) World
Claudia Masueger of wine shop chain CHEERS is the only person I know who returned to China with a raclette set for quarantine. You just …
New school | Marlborough-Ningxia viticulture degree proposed
A joint viticulture degree by schools in Marlborough and Ningxia is in the works. From a Marlborough Research Center post this month: “Our proposal is …
‘In wine, there is Truel’ | World Marselan Day 5!
World Marselan Day, a Grape Wall project launched in 2018, celebrates a grape created in 1961 and now used in over two dozen countries. It …
Q&A! Judy Chan on 25 years at Grace Vineyard
Grace Vineyard is 25 years old! That’s quite a long time just to survive in China’s wine business. And an almost impossibly long one while …