The ‘Classic’ List: Ten China wines to buy instead of Longdai
[This content first appeared in Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter here.] The newest wine from Lafite’s Longdai winery in China costs RMB2988 …
Flying high: Five advantages of Shangri-La wines
Shangri-La! I joined the inaugural Meili Snow Mountain International Wine Festival this month, held at Yunnan’s northernmost point and perhaps best described as “breathtaking”–both for …
Hit the books? Nope, hit the booze! Peking University’s China wine event
“Chinese Terroir, Chinese Taste, Chinese Culture” was the theme of a two-day Grape and Wine Industry Cultural Fair held this weekend at one of the …
Grapes with altitude: Shangri-La hosts its first international wine festival
The name ‘Shangri-La‘ might evoke the earthly paradise of utopian novel Lost Horizon, but this stunning region in northernmost Yunnan is also making real efforts …
Juicy details: Canaan to launch new skin-contact wines
You don’t find a lot of Müller-Thurgau in China. And to find it in single-varietal skin-contact form? Well, I’ve only tasted such a wine once, …
Beyond Wine: Grace Vineyard to Launch Its First Gins
One of the China’s top wineries is getting into the spirt, literally. Shanxi-based Grace Vineyard, which has ranked among the country’s leaders in blending quality …
Exploring terroir at 200 KM per day: China’s ‘driving winemaker’
“Flying winemaker” sounds like a high-falutin’ job with trips to exotic destinations and saving-the-day — and vintage — heroics. But “driving winemaker”? Not so much. …
Private labels: Wine bar owners head to China’s vineyards
“Images of vineyards beneath blue skies, of grape-stained hands at a sorting line; of vividly colored must; of tired but happy people sharing meals after …
Down Under down: Australia wine exports to China reach new low
Wine imports from Down Under are down yet again. Just ahead of Australia PM Anthony Albanese’s visit to China this week, and just after China …
Ranking spanking: Ningxia tops Napa, Barossa & Burgundy
[This info originally appeared in the Grape Wall newsletter. Sign up here.] There is a chill in the air these days, due to both the …