‘Better ways to spend £200’ | Robinson’s sobering take on Ao Yun, Purple Air
Talk about a sobering take on Chinese wine. English critic Jancis Robinson just wrote in The Financial Times about two “ambitiously priced” Chinese wines, Ao …
China’s wine industry is tiny versus baijiu and beer
(A version of this article first appeared in Grape Wall newsletter.) Quick quiz: How much bigger is China’s local spirits industry than its local grape …
Case study | Three countries, three lawsuits with Chinese-owned entitites
Lots of letters about the law if you’re reading about the Chinese wine trade these days, including these three cases from three countries. In the …
90 on that | James Suckling giving high scores to Chinese wines
(This post first appeared in this Grape Wall newsletter.) James Suckling is awarding plenty of 90-points-or-more scores to wines from China. One of the latest is Ao …
Patriot games | Will China’s wine consumers ‘go local’?
Is it unpatriotic to buy foreign products. If you asked 400-plus wine consumers in China–who drink at least once per month–how many do you think …
Set in Stone | Xi Jinping visited this Ningxia winery yesterday
Lots of wine trade people were excited on WeChat last night following news that China’s President Xi Jinping visited a Ningxia winery. (I haven’t seen …
Oh natural | 17 Cafe back with a new space
No sooner did I finally write (yesterday) about the closing of natural wine bar 17 Cafe than I heard (today) about a grand opening being …
Taxing situation | U.S. wine importers get tariff relief
By Jim Boyce | It’s been a tough two years for U.S. wine importers in China, caught in a trade war between the source of …
GWoC talk | Wine nationalism, tariff relief, 90-point binges & more
Wine, nationalism and China. U.S. wine importers get tariff relief. Suckling’s 90-point China wine binge. Gernischt vs Marselan. And more. Blasted my latest Grape Wall …
E-guanxi! | China Food & Drinks Fair to go online in July
After endless delays, the sloppy sprawling annual ganbei-filled Spring guanxi-fest known as the China Food & Drinks Fair will be an online summer affair. Ganbei …