Home truths | Chinese producers face fake wine problem
“Fake wine” and “China” tend to evoke images of Lafite and Penfolds knockoffs, of labels that borrow a world of spellings and fonts, castles and …
Happy Year of the Pig!
By Jim Boyce | We are in the midst of the Chinese New Year holidays here in Beijing, a week-plus of “eat, drink and repeat”, …
Incredible bulk | The WBWE is coming to China
By Jim Boyce | Say “bulk wine” and people instantly think quantity over quality. But there’s far more to it, says Jörg Philipp, who will …
Our man in Nanning | Julien Boulard on ‘second-tier’ cities, ’98 Bordeaux
By Jim Boyce | Based in the southern city of Nanning, Julien Boulard steadily became a force in China’s wine scene this past decade as head …
Spanish Pasion in China | The infectious WeChat posts of Alberto Pascual
By Jim Boyce | Alberto Pascual of Spanish wine importer Pasion violates a slew of my social media post rules. He uses multiple exclamation marks!!!! …
Cheaper than China | Ningxia wine Silver Heights ‘The Summit’ in Canada
By Jim Boyce | Chinese wine fans in Canada have two reasons to celebrate. Not only is Silver Heights from Ningxia available, at least in British …
‘Jeeps, Pretty Ladies & Wine’ | ASC Founder Don St Pierre Sr’s memoirs are out
By Jim Boyce | Building China’s top wine importer and distributor from scratch might seem achievement enough for most people but represents just one episode …
China wine retail | CHEERS sees change at the top
By Jim Boyce | One of China’s most intriguing wine retailers saw change at the top this past month. CHEERS founder and key investor Claudia …
Coop d’etat | Pigeon Hills symbolizes new shift for Ningxia
By Jim Boyce | Little is written in English about Pigeon Hills (西鸽酒庄), a new project that might well transform China’s promising Ningxia wine region. …
Qingtongxia | The growing on focus on Ningxia’s sub-regions
By Jim Boyce | The focus for many China wine observes has narrowed over the years. Talk once centered on whether “China”, a country of …