Finished reading The Chinese Wine Renaissance by Jante Z. Wang this weekend. A very informative deep-dive into not only the history of wine in China but also the country itself. The book focuses heavily on grain based wines which historically have had a bigger role than…
I decided that this past weekend would be focused on comparing a few Cabernet Sauvignons from a few places around the world. I would grab a couple of fairly typical examples and then compare them to not as common wines regions. If you’ve been reading my…
Visiting Shandong Province’s wine region and Changyu’s chateaus in northeast China had been on my list for a while. China often likes to call Shandong their version of Napa Valley in California. It’s along the latitude and shares a similar climate. I finally was able to…
Please Note: This was an updated post from a previous blog I used to have. My trip to Yunnan was in 2016 not 2018 as the post date lists. Large international companies like Moët Hennessy have been focusing on the edge of the Himalayas, an area…
Please Note: This was an updated post from a previous blog I used to have. My trip to Cambodia was in 2014 not 2018 as the post date lists. Cambodia is not in a climate zone naturally suited for wine making since wine grapes typically need…
