Heard on the Street: China's Wine Market
Is it time to pair your Dim Sum with Bordeaux? Heard on the Street Asia editor Mohammed Hadi talks to China columnist Andrew Peaple about opportunities in China's thriving wine market.
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Friday, December 25, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Vineyard Voyager - Marc Curtis of China Wine Tours
Raised in a military family that was constantly on the move, American Marc Curtis grew up appreciating travel and different cultures. A career in TV production furthered his passion for experiencing new places and after extensive travels around the world he arrived in China four years ago to set up a business in the domestic tourism industry. Today he operates China Wine Tours, a company that organizes wine tours in China. We spoke with him last month about his background, business and favorite Chinese wines.
TheBeijinger.com
TheBeijinger.com
Monday, November 2, 2009
Republic of Wine
Chinese vineyards are the toast of Shanghai’s finest restaurants, and they may soon come to a cellar near you.
By Charles Foran
At a wine tasting on Shanghai’s famous waterfront, the future of Chinese wine is as bright as the chardonnay.
Through the windows of the seventh-floor dining room at the elegant M on the Bund, Shanghai’s past, present and future appear within the same frame. There is the quaint colonial downtown below and the bustling streets running along the Huangpu River. Across the river glows the Pudong skyline, a lurid vision of a 21st-century Asian cityscape. Joining me this evening to nose, swirl and sip the finest on offer from the Chinese wine industry are the owner of the restaurant, Michelle Garnaut, an Indian essayist and a British poet. We’re here for the Shanghai International Literary Festival, which M on the Bund has hosted for several years.
The Australian Garnaut opened her elegant establishment in 1999, and it has quickly become the most admired restaurant along this historic promenade. Appropriately, the Chinese wines that Garnaut’s restaurant manager, Marcus Ford, assembles also belong to the new century.
Gathering to taste Chinese vintages is itself something of a novelty. Though the Chinese have been drinking wine for thousands of years, only in the last two decades have tastes strayed from the indigenous sweet syrups or the potent liquor known as baijiu, which has toppled many a foreign guest at state banquets. An emerging middle class is developing a palate for the relatively sour Western-style reds and whites. That growing affluence, like the appetite for local vintages, has already made China one of the biggest wine producers in the world. Many convenience stores now stock the cabernets, merlots, chardonnays and pinot noirs that are produced on the approximately 160,000 acres of vines cultivated nationwide.
Full story at EnRoute Air Canada
By Charles Foran
At a wine tasting on Shanghai’s famous waterfront, the future of Chinese wine is as bright as the chardonnay.
Through the windows of the seventh-floor dining room at the elegant M on the Bund, Shanghai’s past, present and future appear within the same frame. There is the quaint colonial downtown below and the bustling streets running along the Huangpu River. Across the river glows the Pudong skyline, a lurid vision of a 21st-century Asian cityscape. Joining me this evening to nose, swirl and sip the finest on offer from the Chinese wine industry are the owner of the restaurant, Michelle Garnaut, an Indian essayist and a British poet. We’re here for the Shanghai International Literary Festival, which M on the Bund has hosted for several years.
The Australian Garnaut opened her elegant establishment in 1999, and it has quickly become the most admired restaurant along this historic promenade. Appropriately, the Chinese wines that Garnaut’s restaurant manager, Marcus Ford, assembles also belong to the new century.
Gathering to taste Chinese vintages is itself something of a novelty. Though the Chinese have been drinking wine for thousands of years, only in the last two decades have tastes strayed from the indigenous sweet syrups or the potent liquor known as baijiu, which has toppled many a foreign guest at state banquets. An emerging middle class is developing a palate for the relatively sour Western-style reds and whites. That growing affluence, like the appetite for local vintages, has already made China one of the biggest wine producers in the world. Many convenience stores now stock the cabernets, merlots, chardonnays and pinot noirs that are produced on the approximately 160,000 acres of vines cultivated nationwide.
Full story at EnRoute Air Canada
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Chinese Wine Market Reports
Two new reports on the business of wine in China have been posted at China Wine Tours.
The first is "China Wine Market" which shows the rapid growth of the wine business, particularly in Southern China's Guangdong Province.
The second is "China Wine Industry 2009" which gives an overview of the wine industry in China and its potential.
Both reports are in Adobe PDF format.
The first is "China Wine Market" which shows the rapid growth of the wine business, particularly in Southern China's Guangdong Province.
The second is "China Wine Industry 2009" which gives an overview of the wine industry in China and its potential.
Both reports are in Adobe PDF format.
Monday, August 31, 2009
China Wine Industry Consulting Services
Now Available!
We can help to set up marketing and sales offices in the big cities in China, particularly in Shanghai and Beijing. Establishing a business in China requires knowledge, experience, and contacts with business and government officials. We have extensive expertise in helping with all the documents needed to start a business, and we can make it easier for you to reach the right people to make it a speedy and smooth process.
We will help with public relations in China, working closely with different government departments using our plentiful resources. We have Chinese experts who have experience in the Chinese government and the International Business Bureau, and also wine related education in the US. Our experts know Western and Eastern culture and have experience in US and Chinese companies as well.
Our team can help to hire quality marketing and sales people with both sales abilities and good public relation skills, especially in Chinese marketing. We also offer training classes to the new employees.
Our contacts can help you find the best Chinese wine business partners.
We offer high level Chinese and English translation with MBA and wine related bachelor degrees from China and the US.
For more information please contact us at our main office: 1-909-362-5217
We can help to set up marketing and sales offices in the big cities in China, particularly in Shanghai and Beijing. Establishing a business in China requires knowledge, experience, and contacts with business and government officials. We have extensive expertise in helping with all the documents needed to start a business, and we can make it easier for you to reach the right people to make it a speedy and smooth process.
We will help with public relations in China, working closely with different government departments using our plentiful resources. We have Chinese experts who have experience in the Chinese government and the International Business Bureau, and also wine related education in the US. Our experts know Western and Eastern culture and have experience in US and Chinese companies as well.
Our team can help to hire quality marketing and sales people with both sales abilities and good public relation skills, especially in Chinese marketing. We also offer training classes to the new employees.
Our contacts can help you find the best Chinese wine business partners.
We offer high level Chinese and English translation with MBA and wine related bachelor degrees from China and the US.
For more information please contact us at our main office: 1-909-362-5217
Saturday, May 16, 2009
AFTERQUAKE Music Project
AFTERQUAKE is an album dedicated to the families affected by the Sichuan earthquakes. Produced by American folk artist Abigail Washburn and electronic artist The Shanghai Restoration Project in cooperation with Sichuan Quake Relief, the project remixes voices and sounds from the China earthquake zone to raise awareness for victims still in need. Visit http://www.afterquakemusic.com
Donate to Sichuan Quake Relief
SQR is a tight-knit, flexible and highly effective organization that makes sure donations make a big difference locally. They investigate the specific needs of each school and each individual to make sure donations take care of the most pressing needs. This money will go to a variety of projects to assist those in need. Keep a close eye on their website www.sichuan-quake-relief.org to see what projects are in progress, donate to a specific project, and sign up for the free SQR newsletter. If you have any difficulty completing your donation, or would like to learn more about other ways you can help, please contact SQR at: info@sichuan-quake-relief.org
Donate to Sichuan Quake Relief
SQR is a tight-knit, flexible and highly effective organization that makes sure donations make a big difference locally. They investigate the specific needs of each school and each individual to make sure donations take care of the most pressing needs. This money will go to a variety of projects to assist those in need. Keep a close eye on their website www.sichuan-quake-relief.org to see what projects are in progress, donate to a specific project, and sign up for the free SQR newsletter. If you have any difficulty completing your donation, or would like to learn more about other ways you can help, please contact SQR at: info@sichuan-quake-relief.org
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
China Vineyard Photos by Janis Miglav
During the past year I have become friends with vineyard photographer Janis Miglav and have enjoyed helping him arrange visits to the wineries in China. You can see some of his photos while he continues his tour of China for an upcoming book. His blog address is http://janismiglavs.blogspot.com/
Marc Curtis
Founder
China Wine Tours
Marc Curtis
Founder
China Wine Tours
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Happy New Year!
To all our Chinese friends, xin nian kuai le! (Happy New Year). This being the year of the ox, and ox in Chinese is "niu" it's appropriate to say "Happy Niu Year!"
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