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150 wines, 14 countries: Torres China’s Taste of Nations, September 14, Beijing 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
By Jim Boyce More than 150 wines. From 14 countries. For rmb228. It’s time again for the annual Taste of Nations, one of the best annual wine consumer events in Beijing. Now in its seventh year, and u...
Model Worker: New Zealand Ambassador Talks Wine in China 22 Aug 2013 | 01:36 pm
~ By Jim Boyce Carl Worker is not only the New Zealand ambassador for China but also a food and wine lover. The latter is no surprise given he is married to Connie Aldao: they met when he was statione...
“The next ten years will belong to Chinese wines”: Lenz Moser at Changyu Moser XV launch in Ningxia 21 Aug 2013 | 08:56 pm
~ By Jim Boyce “I’m sure, based on what I’ve seen during the past eight years in China, that the next ten years will belong to Chinese wines.” - Lenz Moser, opening ceremony, Changyu Moser XV Winery...
Bye bye Bordeaux? Um, apparently Ningxia is the ‘Napa Valley of China’ 17 Aug 2013 | 12:52 am
By Jim Boyce “[Fill in the blank] is the Bordeaux of China.” I have heard such statements — based on the fact certain parts of China are at or near the same latitude as Bordeaux — about a billion time...
Master of Wine candidate from mainland China: Huang Shan on sampling, selling and studying wine 14 Aug 2013 | 06:39 pm
By Jim Boyce I recently talked to Huang Shan – the only mainland China citizen in the Master of Wine program – for Wine Enthusiast magazine. The story was published in the July / August issue of the C...
Sherry in China: So, I saw this venenciador at a Beijing wine tasting tonight… 13 Aug 2013 | 09:47 pm
By Jim Boyce His name is Alejandro Benitez Ruiz, he works for Spanish wine operation Gonzalez Byass, and he was at tonight’s Wine Enthusiast tasting Hilton Beijing. A venenciador is skilled at pouring...
Is France fried? Spain spammed? China wine import stats for first-half 2013 10 Aug 2013 | 12:43 pm
By Jim Boyce A government crackdown on spending by officials. Reports from distributors that sales are tough. Widespread sentiment that warehouse shelves are creaking with the weight of unsold stock. ...
Beijing grape getaway: Pinotage Plaza to have restaurant, sports bar, wine shop & more 10 Aug 2013 | 12:08 pm
By Jim Boyce South African restaurant Pinotage will soon reopen its suburban branch in new digs in Shunyi (see map below) as part of a project called Pinotage Plaza that includes a sports bar, cafe, w...
South Africa wine in China: Charl Coetzee of Babylonstoren visits Beijing 9 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
By Jim Boyce Dating to the seventeenth century as a farm, Babylonstoren — translation: Tower of Babylon — has recently emerged as a wine producer. This 400-hectare operation also grows a wide range of...
Californifakin’: How prevalent is fake California wine in China? 4 Aug 2013 | 06:58 pm
By Jim Boyce The quirkiest notion from this story I wrote for Wines and Vines magazine about fake California wine in China? Californian wines from one region used to fake California wines from another...
