Q&8 | Liakos Constantino of Hellenic Agora
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 …
Q&8 | Winemaker Liang Ning of Sweet Dew
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 …
Q&8 | Maria Teresa Romero Ponce of Stone & Moon
Chilean winemaker Maria Teresa Romero Ponce has made wine in three regions of China and is currently at Sun & Stone in Ningxia. In this …
Q&8 | Mariano Larrain Hurtado of La Cava
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 …
Beijing’s Hutong Winemaker: Cabernet and Marselan, Ginseng and Oyster Shells
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 …
China wine sales | East Meets West will rep Xige Estate
China-based wine importer / distributor East Meets West just announced it “signed an exclusive on-trade distribution agreement for Mainland of China” with Ningxia winery Xige …
Q&8 | Shuai Zekun of jamessuckling.com
Beijing-based Shuai Zekun is an associate editor for jamessuckling.com and reviews Chinese wines for the site. In this Q&8, I asked him about the difference …
Q&8 | Jonathan Dahan of Domaines François Lurton
Jonathan Dahan is export director for Asia for Domaines François Lurton, which is headquartered in France but also produces wine in Argentina, Chile and Spain. …
Top 100 Chinese wines | Shuai Zekun’s 2021 list for James Suckling
Wow, critic Shuai Zekun, who reviews for James Suckling, just released some kind of top 100 Chinese wine list. There are the expected entries, like …
Ningxia Q&8 | Wang Fang on Kanaan Riesling, dogs vs horses & her new winery
Wang Fang returned to her home region of Ningxia from Germany about a dozen years ago and founded the winery Kanaan, now among China’s best-known …