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  • Here's to your health!

    2012-02-20 13:50

    Medical experts have long debated the health benefits of wine. Results are still inconclusive, but if nothing else, wine forces us to slow our busy lives.

  • No coffee mourning over expensive drinks in Starbucks

    2012-02-09 15:56

    Prices on par with US fail to deter Chinese customers who want a taste of 'the good life'.

  • Wines that know where they're from

    2012-02-06 11:02

    Some wines cannot help but echo where they are made. This week we discuss some of the best Antipodean reflections of this principle.

  • On becoming a Master of Wine

    2012-02-06 11:02

    Love for pinot noir led wine writer Huang Shan to name her new wine store and club after the grape varietal.

  • Wine auctions a bit like gambling

    2012-01-16 10:19

    Last week in Hong Kong, Zachys, a US company, auctioned the extraordinary cellar of Joseph Weinstock, a close friend of the famous wine critic Robert Parker.

  • A region where white tastes right

    2012-01-09 14:35

    About 90 percent of wine produced in Alsace, the region in eastern France near the border with Germany, is white.

  • Why grand cru deserves great ado

    2011-12-26 10:08

    Wines from Alsace in eastern France are not well known in China, and that is a pity because white wines from this region pair superbly with a wide range of Chinese food.

  • A wine that deserves its premier grand cru standing

    2011-12-17 17:14

    Chateau Beau-Sejour Bcot from Bordeaux's right bank in St Emilion was classified as a premier grand cru until 1985

  • Little-known 'small early ones'

    2011-12-12 10:58

    Tempranillo is a less well-known red grape variety in China compared with traditional types, such as cabernet sauvignon and merlot.

  • Real liquid gold and it's good for you

    2011-12-07 11:21

    Liquor and gold are a heady combination and it is claimed there are health benefits to imbibing the expensive concoction, too.

  • Uruguayan wines about to make grand entrance

    2011-12-04 17:23

    Wines from Uruguay are not available in the Chinese mainland, but when they are, prepare to be impressed.

  • Potential of China's wines

    2011-11-28 16:15

    If you hesitate about choosing a wine, what will you do? For many people, the solution is: choose one with a high score from Robert Parker.

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