Made in China: Restaurants, bars and hotels with local wine in Beijing
~ By Jim Boyce My first ‘Made in China’ column in The Beijinger magazine covered where to get decent Chinese wine in retail. This second …
World Atlas of Wine: Ningxia, Shandong, Hebei in new edition, plus Q&A with Jancis Robinson
~ By Jim Boyce The newest edition of The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson will be released on October 7 …
Wine magazine editor Kent Tseng (曾悦): On wine and lifestyle in China, Great Wall vs Changyu, & more
~ By Jim Boyce When Kent Tseng isn’t flying over the flower-strewn fields in Xinjiang as part of a wine tour (above), she is working …
Rules and exceptions in China: From *if* there are any good wines to *which* are the best
By Jim Boyce I wrote an article about the state of local wines for the Chinese edition of La Revue du Vin de France that …
The donkey and the grapes: Great River Hill not your typical Chinese vineyard
~ We’re sipping beer on rickety stools under a makeshift tent in front of a kebab joint at midnight in Laixi — population 700,000: a …
Chateau Hansen in Inner Mongolia: Paumard predicts good vintage, cellar barrels toward completion
By Jim Boyce Inner Mongolia winery Chateau Hansen, just over the border from the Helan Mountain wine area in Ningxia, is looking at a good …
Burning Questions: Fixing the Worst Wine Game of All Time
By Jim Boyce Someone in Beijing showed me a wine game that includes a set of cards with discussion topics nearly guaranteed — IMHO …
Acker Asia ‘explodes’: Hong Kong auction nets HK$50 million, sets 108 records, disses economic slowdown talk
By Jim Boyce Hey, that’s the word they used in the press release: “Acker Asia Explodes into Fall Season”. Reading it makes me realize the …
China Wine List of the Year 2013: Who’s got a 350-page menu and 10,000 bottles?
By Jim Boyce Results from the inaugural China Wine List of the Year contest were announced last weekend in Shanghai with more than 70 hotels, …
China Wine Q&A: Wine Enthusiast Magazine Executive Editor Susan Kostrzewa
~ By Jim Boyce U.S.-based magazine Wine Enthusiast teamed up with China online retailer YesMyWine last year to publish an e-version of the magazine. In …