ReCalibrated | California Wine Institute to launch new China tour with niche classes
By Jim Boyce | California’s Wine Institute is hitting the road again. Master classes for the trade will be held in a dozen Chinese cities …
Clear Lake | Canadian wine club to launch in China
Clear Lake Wineries is bringing four Ontario brands–Angel’s Gate, Closson Chase, Malivoire and Tawse–to China.
Beijing jobs | New restaurant & wine bar seeks assistant manager
By Jim Boyce | I wrote last month that importer and distributor Paradox will open a French restaurant and wine bar in Beijing, a sibling …
Happy New Year! Enjoy these fireworks!
By Jim Boyce | The Chinese New Year holidays are underway and plenty of wine and baijiu bottles have already been emptied! All the best …
Hello Bo | Wine veteran Hector Jiang opens new Italian-focused venue
By Jim Boyce | For a long while, the best one-two wine shop punch in Beijing consisted of Jim Yang and Hector Jiang at Pudao, …
Charles Carrard of Paradox | Online wine sales, hypermarket trends and restaurant lessons
By Jim Boyce | I recently talked to a bunch of trade people for a Shanghai retail story in Meininger’s Wine Business International. We could only …
Marcus Ford of Langton’s | Shanghai retail, beyond Bordeaux & the new wave of distributors
By Jim Boyce | I recently talked to a bunch of trade people for a Shanghai retail story in Meininger’s Wine Business International. We could only …
Ningxia news | Cao Kailong appointed wine bureau director
By Jim Boyce | Cao Kailong is the new director of the Bureau of Grape Industry Development in Ningxia, replacing the retiring Li Xueming. Given …
Legation libations | U.S. Embassy / California Wine Institute holiday party
By Jim Boyce | California Wine Institute (CWI) teamed with U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus and Melodee Hanes last month for a holiday tasting at …
By design | How an interior decor shop doubles as a superb wine bar
By Jim Boyce | Beer, cocktail and spirits fans face far better options than their grape-loving brethren in Beijing, whose hopes are raised every time …