Vin Versa | New World wine crushing Old World in China
The ‘Big Six’ nations represent over 90 per cent of bottled wine imports in China. Three are Old World: France, Italy and Spain. And three …
Unsung heroes | Ten people making China’s wine scene better
Any wine scene tends to have a few people at the top getting most of the attention and China is no different. Those people can …
Ouch! Wine imports hurting so far this year
(Got Chile’s value wrong and it threw off several others. No problem with the text but the chart is updated. Thanks to Mariano Larrain Hurtado …
Wine in China | Diversity grows in “tier 1” cities
By Jim Boyce | Wine diversity is spreading in China, especially in ‘tier 1’ cities like Beijing and Shanghai. And while the number of connoisseurs …
Long Dai and prosper? |On Lafite’s new Chinese winery name
Iconic Bordeaux producer DBR Lafite just announced the name of its Shandong-based winery, a decade after the project began. I wrote this piece for Wine …
Long Dai | Lafite names its Shandong winery
By Jim Boyce | Ten years after it started. Lafite finally named its project in Shandong: Long Dai. The wines are slated to go on …
From ASC to DFC | Richard Li new president of two boutique Chinese wineries
By Jim Boyce | Richard Li has joined the boutique wineries Domaine Franco-Chinois and Canaan in Hebei province as president after a 17-year stint with …
“If they don’t care, we also don’t care” | Simon Su on Chinese tariffs, US wines
Shanghai-based Simon Su has imported Santa Barbara brands Dierberg and Star Lane for nearly a decade—and has a lot to say about the three Chinese …
Rogue rouge | Bordeaux with a traditional twist for Beijing
If you spend time in some more mature markets, you realize there is a big trend of people looking for lighter reds, for chilled reds, …
Six and the Cities | Italy tries to boost China share with wine roadshow
By Jim Boyce | Italy ranks with France and Spain as the world’s biggest wine exporters but it’s performance in China has been così così …