GI Jiu | EU-China pact on ‘geographical indications’ protects wine
An agreement between China and the European Union took effect today to protect 100 geographical indications (GIs), including wine, from each side. The EU list …
Update | WSET suspends China activities, releases update
UPDATE: A statement has been released on WSET’S WeChat account–and viewed by 24,000 in the first two hours alone. See the full post here. “With great …
Postponed | 2021 Concours Mondial in Ningxia moved to 2022
The 28th edition of Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, slated for this May in Yinchuan, the capital of China’s Ningxia region, has been postponed due to …
Mad for Madeira | Linda Zhang Aims for Chinese Consumers’ Sweet Spot
Madeira is such an excellent story for us here in Beijing, not least because we have the tasting room / retail shop / cultural center …
Penguin Power | Wang Shenghan’s book connects to Chinese wine consumers
One of China’s biggest online wine personalities shifted from bottle to book this week to release a guide six years in the making. Wang Shenghan …
Marselan beer | Going down this weekend in Beijing
Marselan is fast-becoming China’s signature grape for wine–and now it’s a beer, too! Beijing-based brewers Jing-A sourced 200 kilograms of Marselan grapes from Shanxi-based winery …
Good Graces | Malaysian wine and dine in Beijing
This might be the first time!? That we see a Malaysian chef, a Malaysian winemaker and a Malaysian restaurateur team up for a fine dining …
How good did you say? Chinese wine on sale in Ohio
By Jim Boyce | A curious thing happened while talking to winemaker Tong Lili about her then upcoming Marselan class at Wine to Asia in …
Same old? The ‘new normal’ of China’s wine market
I joined a Wine to Asia (Veronafiere) webinar on Tuesday to discuss the “new normal” of the China wine market. To be honest, the “new …
CHEERS series | Guinea pigs, mooncakes & Usain Bolt vs a Champagne cork
I’ve been writing some short pieces for CHEERS wine the past few months, on pressing issues like word of a Chinese ban on Australian wine, …