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Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 9 August 2025
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Max on Oz
We hear a lot about how China is now the Australian wine industry’s number one export wine market. What’s less...
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A much shorter version of this article is published in the comment section of the Financial Times. It is unfortunate...
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Long-standing readers will know that I do my best to keep abreast of developments on the wine scene in China...
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This article has been syndicated. I will soon be publishing my tasting notes on 68 of China's best wines tasted...
Nick on restaurants
The cooking of Shanghai should have particular appeal to anyone who enjoys this website. According to Wikipedia, ‘Shanghai dishes usually...
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During my recent stay in China (see Australasia here we come) I saw very strong signs of the diversification of...
Nick on restaurants
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For this unusual date, an unusual wine. Nick and I are currently at the China Wine Summit in Shanghai. Two...
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Shanghai-based Master of Wine student Young Shi (in a grey suit with orange scarf below) of prominent Chinese wine website...
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This is a much longer version of an article published by the Financial Times. ‘The question is not if a...
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Young Shi was invited by the Penglai Wine Bureau in Shandong Province on the east coast to taste and judge...
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The following is an extract of particularly interesting observations on the wine market in China from the annual report of...
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