Olden wines | HK$108,000 19th-century European wine dinner set for Hong Kong
By Jim Boyce | Want to taste a Chardonnay made just after England squeezed Hong Kong from China via the First Opium War? Or a …
Attention, press | Re press releases re pressed, unpressed grapes
By Jim Boyce | Why isn’t China a top-five wine producer when it is second only to Spain for vineyard coverage? This question usually leads …
Reality check | About China’s tariffs on U.S. wines
By Jim Boyce | Quite a story by Al Jazeera about China’s tariff on U.S. wines, one featuring Napa Valley’s Honig. And, in my opinion, missing a lot …
Fake, fun, odd and old | The new China wine labels page
By Jim Boyce | Fake, fun, odd and old. I just launched a page focused on curious wine labels spotted in China. Most of the photos …
Mixing alcohols | TWE teams with key baijiu brand Luzhou Laojiao in China
By Jim Boyce | Two huge alcohol brands are partnering in China—Australian producer Treasury Wine Estates and local baijiu giant Luzhuo Laojiao. Luzhou Laojiao will …
In a pig’s ear? Perfect vs pedestrian at a Chinese food and wine pairing
By Jim Boyce | There is trouble at table five. A group of experts just tried a dozen wines against spicy shredded pig’s ear to …
60 months, 60 photos | Changyu-Moser XV turns five in Ningxia
By Jim Boyce | Changyu-Moser XV opened its stunning Loire-esque facility in Ningxia five years ago today. The project pairs Changyu, China’s oldest and biggest producer, …
The full Ponty | A family winery tells all about selling in China
By Jim Boyce | Six years, sixty cities, thousands of ganbeis and a master’s degree worth of lessons. When it comes to planting a family …
Wine and baijiu | Did Penfolds borrow our April Fool’s joke!?
By Jim Boyce | Is Treasury Wine Estates following this blog!? Or a higher-up at Penfolds? Maybe Peter Gago? Because a new wine-baijiu blend called ‘waijiu‘ …
Bottle stock | Grace Vineyard lists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Jim Boyce | Grace Vineyard has gone public. In terms of being listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, that is. Its status is official under …