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Grape Wall has covered the China wine scene, including winery visits, wine reviews, consumer tastings, trade leaders and more, since 2007.
The Oyster Talks team tasted about 100 wines and sorted the worthy ones into nine menu categories with names like “fresh and crisp”, “creamy and buttery” and “complex and rich. The diversity of the wines made distinguishing them easier, from the crisp vegetal Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc (Cirro) to the buttery Sonoma Chardonnay (Ramey) to, at least for me, the strange Koshu (Suntory) that earned “pizza herbs” as a tasting note. Because while I appreciate certain aspects of food and wine pairing, and equate it to, say, making dipping sauces at hotpot joints, I’ve also often said it smacks of bullshit. Prime storage space in my memory cellar is reserved for the experience, just a ten-minute walk from my home in central Beijing, of going on a half billion-year journey thanks to a Sun Seeker and a Pinot Grigio.
A souvenir wine named ‘Double Seventy‘ officially launches today to mark the 70th anniversaries of the People’s Republic of China (1949) and State of Israel (1948). The grapes, picked in 2016, hail from just outside Beijing at Amethyst Manor
Veteran China wine importer and distributor EMW (East Meets West) has a bunch of sales and marketing openings. Founded in 2003, EMW carries labels from 15 countries in continental China and 14 in Hong Kong and Macau, including local wineries Legacy Peak from Ningxia and Tiansai from Xinjiang. * Brand manager for wine: Manage wine portfolio development, including national brand management and marketing strategy. East Meets West also seeks direct sales managers (Shanghai, Shenzen and Hong Kong), on trade and off trade sales managers (Guangzhou, Beijing, Hong Kong and Hangzhou) and sales executives (nine cities) For more details on the positions and requirements, and where to send resumes, see this link.
By Jim Boyce |Andrew Caillard has spent tons of time in China, whether to judge in contests like Wine 100, to promote Australian wine in general, his Mataro and Shiraz in particular, or Langton’s classification system, and for projects like the documentary Red Obsession. I recently talked to Caillard for this Wine Searcher article on Australia’s success in China